Stop page count before appendix

Question

I'm trying to find a way to stop the page count in my report. So the count stops, then it comes to the appendix. Then have a separate count for the appendix, with the footer also changing so when the appendix starts, the page count says (e.g.) Page 1 of 12 pages.

Answer 1

If you're after a hyperref-compatible version, you could fool TeX and use a different representation of the page counter for the appendix.

The MWE below uses apppage as the replacement representation at the start of the appendix via the following redefinition:

\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{apppage}}

This allows the regular page counter to still continue as usual and therefore "keep hyperref happy." Here's an entire example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{fancyhdr}% http://ctan.org/pkg/fancyhdr
\usepackage{hyperref}% http://ctan.org/pkg/hyperref
\newcounter{apppage}
\fancyhf{}% Clear fancy header/footer
\fancyfoot[C]{Page~\thepage~of~\pageref{lastpage}}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\begin{document}
See~\pageref{applastpage} for the last page of the appendix.
\section{First section}\lipsum[1-4]
\section{Second section}\lipsum[5-8]
\section{Last section}\lipsum[9-12]
\label{lastpage}
\clearpage\appendix
\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{apppage}}
\fancyfoot[C]{Page~\thepage~of~\pageref{applastpage}}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\section{First appendix}\lipsum[1-4]
\section{Second appendix}\lipsum[5-8]
\section{Last appendix}\lipsum[9-12]
\label{applastpage}
\end{document}

I've used lastpage as a basic label for the last page just as an illustration. For the last page of appendix and label applastpage, it would be better to use the lastpage package's LastPage label, or even the pageslts package's VeryLastPage label.

Answer 2

Here's a solution in case you also want a "lastpage" counter for the main part of your document. Notes:

• I have used the etoolbox package to prepend code to the \appendix command -- this way, the document body does contain only "semantic markup" and no internal redefinitions.

• Although report uses the oneside and openany class options, my redefinition also gives correct page numbering for twoside/openright.

• The emptypage package will prevent displays like "Page 4 of 3" on an otherwise blank last page of the main part of your document.

---

\documentclass{report}

\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{emptypage}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyfoot[C]{Page~\thepage\ of~\pageref{LastMainPage}}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
  \fancyfoot[C]{Page~\thepage\ of~\pageref{LastMainPage}}%
}

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\preto{\appendix}{%
  \label{LastMainPage}%
  \ifbool{@openright}{%
    \cleardoublepage
  }{%
    \clearpage
  }%
  \pagenumbering{arabic}%
  \fancyfoot[C]{Page~\thepage\ of~\pageref{LastPage}}%
  \fancypagestyle{plain}{%
    \fancyhf{}%
    \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}%
    \fancyfoot[C]{Page~\thepage\ of~\pageref{LastPage}}%
  }%
}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\chapter{First}

\lipsum[1-12]

\appendix

\chapter{App-First}

\lipsum[1-8]

\end{document}

Answer 3

Here's a simple solution

\documentclass{report}

\usepackage{lastpage}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\usepackage{kantlipsum} % dummy text

\begin{document}

\chapter{abc}

\kant

\cleardoublepage
\appendix
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{\fancyhf{}
  \renewcommand\headrulewidth{0pt}\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage\ of \pageref{LastPage}}}
\pagestyle{plain}

\chapter{app}
\kant

\end{document}

Pages in the appendix will have "1 of 3" in the footer. You can customize at will. However, this won't please hyperref.