Pablo,

Thanks, even though I use LMTX, only this form works:

[\pagenumber{} of \the\numexpr\totalnumberofpages - 1\relax]

Thanks
Jeroen

Op ma 4 sep 2023 om 18:43 schreef Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@gmx.es>:

> On 9/4/23 18:09, Jeroen wrote:
> > The following MWE shows pagenumbering starting at the second page with
> > page number 1. With the totalnumberofpages we end up with one page too
> > many. Is there a way to reduce this with 1?
>
> Hi Jeroen,
>
> this might do the work (LMTX only):
>
>   [\pagenumber{} of \the\numexpr{\totalnumberofpages - 1}]
>
> For MkIV, you would need:
>
>   [\pagenumber{} of \the\numexpr\totalnumberofpages - 1\relax]
>
> Just in case it helps,
>
> Pablo
>
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