[softwarelist] Re: Insert page number (OP RISC OS)
- From: Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:08:08 GMT
On 21 Mar 2007 Chris Johnson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article <8J6jk2AX9ZAGFwUH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> In message <d5fc2cc74e.pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dr Peter Young
>> <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>> >Is there a way of automatically inserting the page number, e.g. in a
>> >footer, as "n of x" instead of just "n"? I've RTFM, and can't find
>> >anything about this. Or is there an applet to do this? Again, I've
>> >looked and not found.
>
>
>> There isn't an automatic page total, in the same way that there is
>> an automatic page number.
>
>> ISTR that someone has set up the macros/field necessary to let
>> "page N of X" be generated by using mail merge to do the printing.
>> So you have a mail merge tag instead of the total number of pages
>> and then use mail merge to print.
>
> Look at the url
>
> http://www.chris-johnson.org/ovationpro/hints.html#pagexofy
>
> You might find that of some use.
Many thanks; that looks to be exactly what I'm after. No time to try
it today, as we're away all day, but I'll have a try at the weekend.
With best wishes,
Peter.
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