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From: Thomas_B._Nielsen
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:56

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Hello,

Need to set the content of a textFrame on a master page to "Current Page Number" a slash and then the missing item "Last Page Number" as found under Type -> Text Variables -> Insert Variable -> "Last Page Number";

How do i add a text variable with scripting?

....parentTextFrames[0].contents = "^N/" + ?????;

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