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From: [e-mail] (C.E. Thompson)
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Subject: Re: how many pages ?
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In article <rob.722273895@dutncp8>, [e-mail] (Rob Kurver) writes:
|>
|> While we're at the subject, how do I figure out the number of pages
|> from within (La)TeX?  I want a cover page that indicates the number
|> of pages to follow.

Simple in principle: use \label{last-page} on the last page and
\pageref{last-page} in your cover page, and apply LaTeX until convergence
occurs. However, if you put the \label just before the \end{document}
you may get a page break before the "whatsit" that \label generates, and
in this case LaTeX's \output routine never sees it. It turns out to be
necessary to weld the \label rather firmly to something that is actually
printed (but is still guaranteed to be on the last page).

Chris Thompson
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