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This technique works in WordPerfect 8 and later versions (but will work in earlier versions -- probably requiring slightly different menu selections).

1. Open the Reveal Codes window so you can observe the effects of this procedure. Go to the top of Page 1. Create Header A (or B) with Insert|Header/Footer. Display the normal page number at the top of all pages by inserting a Page Number Display code in the header: Click Format|Page|Insert Page Number, then select <Page> and click Insert, then Close. Right justify this code, if desired, then click outside the header to get back to the main document.

2. Create Footer A (or B), type in a few periods ("...") or other continuation text/symbols (such as "Continued on page  ") and insert a "secondary page" number: Click Format|Page|Insert page number, then select <Secondary Page> and click Insert, then Close. Click outside the footer area to get back to the main document.

3. Now for the essential part. Set the secondary page number to one page higher than the actual page number: Click Format|Page|Numbering. In the dialog, select <No Page Numbering> in the "Position: " drop list. (You already have applied page numbering in the header and footer, so you probably don't want another number on the page!) Click the Set Value button, and in the next window ("Values") click the Secondary page tab. Set the secondary page number's initial value to "2" and click Apply, then OK twice to exit all dialog windows.

The secondary page number in the footer of each page will now display as one number higher than the page number in the header on that page.

Note: You may want to suppress page numbering in the header on Page 1 (only). Use Format|Page|Suppress for this. You will probably want to suppress the footer on the last page, too.

Use a macro: The above steps can be recorded (albeit piecemeal) in a macro. Here is the code I use in WP9. Note that the macro creates Footer B at the top of the document, and the last macro command suppresses Footer B on the last page. Thus, you may want to play the macro after you have finished editing your document -- or, if you have made any changes since you last played it, find and delete the [Suppress] code that was placed on what was the last page, and play the macro again.

You can copy the following lines and paste them into WP with Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted text. Then, with the Macro Toolbar visible, click Save & Compile.

Application(WordPerfect;"WordPerfect";Default!)
PosDocTop()
FooterB(Create!)
FlushRight()
Type("[")
Type("Continued on page ")
SecondaryPageNumberDisplay()
Type("]")
SelectMode(On!)
PosLineBeg()
AttributeRelativeSizeToggle(Small!)
SubstructureExit()
PageNumber(Page: 1)
SecondaryPageNumber(Page: 2)
PosDocBottom()
Suppress(FooterB!)