Am 01.11.2010 um 12:16 schrieb Ankur Srivastava: > Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I'm still not sure about how to do > this. Could you please tell me step by step, I'm a new user and I don't know > much.
You know how to insert a label? (Insert-menu -> Label...)
You know how to insert a reference? (Insert-menu -> Cross-Reference...)
To make the ERT box with the current page number you type "\thepage{}" (without
quotes), mark this text and use Insert-menu -> TeX Code.
An example is attached.
Stephan
> I made a test document that is two pages long. I entered a label 2 in the end
> and I entered the code in the beginning but I don't know how to do the cross
> reference and I feel that I'm doing something wrong.
>
> On 1 November 2010 11:58, Stephan Witt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 01.11.2010 um 11:47 schrieb Ankur Srivastava:
>
> > Dear list members,
> > I've been using Lyx for a month and I cannot find one feature that I need
> > for my Extended Essay. How do I set the page numbering in the form page x
> > of y, where x is the current page and y is the total number of pages? I'm
> > really puzzled. I looked at the documentation and FAQ but I didn't find
> > anything there.
> > Thank you
>
> I add a label at the very end of the document and use a reference to that
> label for y.
> For x I add \thepage{} in ERT (the red box for TeX code).
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