# Displaying the number of pages in the project (Footer)

**URL:** <https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/displaying-the-number-of-pages-in-the-project-footer/136531>\
**Category:** Scrivener for Windows\
**Tags:** support, text-editing, configuration\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/displaying-the-number-of-pages-in-the-project-footer/136531 "2023-10-02T09:35:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/jimrac/32/16153_2.png) [@JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JimRac)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/displaying-the-number-of-pages-in-the-project-footer/136531/13 "2023-10-04T20:05:24Z")

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> [@TomsPumpel](#):
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> That is very regrettable. When you write according to a plot structure, it makes orientation and finding positions in the overall manuscript quite awkward.

As already mentioned up-thread, Scrivener is ill-suited to page counts, but one can use the Outliner view to track plot points via word count.

For example, see the method Silverdragon discusses in [this post](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/compile-window-two-right-hand-side-columns-should-be-swapped/120126/10). I’ve somewhat adapted her approach, except I don’t use chapter folders.

Best,  
Jim

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