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From: graeme@abekrd.UUCP (Graeme Griffiths)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: LaTeX page numbering
Message-ID: <1469@abekrd.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 90 17:07:06 GMT
Organization: Abekas Video Systems Ltd, Reading, England
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Can anyone help,

	I'm creating a standard document generator using a shell script that
drives LaTeX. On the first page of the document I have the total number of
pages in the document.I have done this by setting a label right at the end of 
the document and \pageref ing to it at the start.This works O.K with two
passes but, I would like to prompt for added (i.e non LaTeX generated) pages
and have that added to the number on the first page.This seems alright until
I refer to my label as a value (lots of errors)

	I've tried using the LaTeX counter page , no errors but it never changes
from 0.

	If this makes any sense to anyone please mail me suggestions before I
eat my workstation in frustration.

				Cheers.


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