There are three different things involved here.
1. Suppressing the page number on the first page. This is easy. On the Layout tab of the Page Setup dialog, check "different first page". Having done that make sure you add the page numbers in the footer labeled "Footer" (and not the one labeled "First Page Footer".
2. Making the page number start at 1 on page 2. Insert your page number (first item on the left of the Header Footer Toolbar) and then Format it (third button from the left on the toolbar) - in the Format dialog set the page number to start at zero.
3. Making the page count appear as one less than it actually is. This is the trickiest bit. Enter the Number of Pages where you want it (second button from the left on the Header Footer Toolbar). Next press Alt+F9 to show field codes. It will show as:
[tt]
{ NUMPAGES
}[/tt]
Now type before and after it to make:
[tt] =(
{ NUMPAGES
} - 1)[/tt]
Then select the whole string:
[tt] [/tt][highlight black]
[tt]=({ NUMPAGES } - 1)[/tt][/highlight]
And finally press Ctrl+F9 to get this:
[tt]
{ =(
{ NUMPAGES
} - 1)
}[/tt]
Note that you cannot type the braces - the one set is entered with the first NumPages field, the second via the Ctrl+F9.
Enjoy,
Tony
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