How to include the total number of pages along with the current page number

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You can easily include the total number of pages along with the current page number (E.g., Page 10 of 20).

When you insert page numbers in a document, you're actually insert the { PAGE } field.

Using the { NUMPAGES } field along with the { PAGE } field, you can include the total number of pages with the page numbering.

To the total number of pages:

   1.  Place the insertion point where you want to place the count, in the header or footer.

   2.  On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Quick Parts, and then click Field.

Text group in Word 2013

   3.  To include the total number of pages, highlight Document Information in the Categories list and then choose NumPages in the Field Names list box.

Field dialogbox in Word 2013

Attention! The brackets that surround fields are not the brackets on your keyboard. You can use the Insert -> Field to insert a field, but a more direct way is to press Ctrl+F9. This displays the special brackets with a gray highlight for entering a field name. To add the total number of pages to a header of footer, for example, press Ctrl+F9 and type NUMPAGES within the brackets.

numpages field Word 2013

All string will be like this:

Example numpages page of in Word 2013

To display the result of the field code, press Alt+F9.

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