How to Correct Page Number in Word 2003 Doc

[JohnBates]

Hi experts,
I have a page footing that contains a derived page number. But after I deleted a page of text, the last page number shows "4 of 5" but should be "4 of 4".

How can I get Word 2003 to recalculate the page numbers?
Thanks, John

 

[JohnBates]

Ok, I resolved this. By selecting the footer area, then pressing Alt-F9, it recomputes the page numbers.

We can close this post. Thanks

 

[macropod]

Alt-F9 doesn't calculate anything - it merely toggles the field code display on/off. Selecting a field and pressing F9 will cause it to recalculate. Ordinarily, even that is unnecessary for page count fields, since they update automatically in the page header/footer as pages are added/deleted - at most a Print Preview is all that is required (and even then only if the page count field is part of a calculation). The fact your page count didn't update automatically suggests it was in the body of the document and/or was part of a larger calculation field.

Cheers
Paul Edstein
[MS MVP - Word]