[Tex/LaTex] How to set the page number to any needed value

page-numbering

I have a seven page long paper which will be assembled with other papers. I know that the first page of my paper will be page 68 in the assembled work. What can i do to tell LaTeX to start counting from 68?

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you can usually set the desired page number by \setcounter{page}{68}.

there are some commands, e.g. \chapter, that may result in an increased page number (see below); in such a case, you should set the value to one less than what you want to start with.

also, be aware that \chapter will, by definition, start on an odd-numbered page, and this may result in the page number being increased. your span starts with an even-numbered page. if that is a problem, ask for more help.

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[Tex/LaTex] How to prevent \pagenumbering from resetting page number

You can define \pagenumberingnoreset:

\makeatletter
\newcommand\pagenumberingnoreset[1]{\gdef\thepage{\csname @#1\endcsname\c@page}}
\makeatother

However, as I said in the comments, this is strongly against typographical principles, which is (one of) the reasons why it doesn't exist in LaTeX.

The definition above is based on the original definition of \pagenumbering:

\newcommand\pagenumbering[1]{%
  \global\c@page\@ne % this resets the counter
  \gdef\thepage{\csname @#1\endcsname\c@page}%
}

[Tex/LaTex] How to prevent \maketitle to reset the page number dinamically

The easiest way is to use the notitlepage option

\documentclass[a4paper, twoside, 14pt,notitlepage]{extreport}
\title{Page resetting title}
\author{J Smith}

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{arabic}
first page          
\newpage
second page
\newpage
third page  

    \maketitle     

\newpage
fifth page
\newpage
sixth page

\end{document}

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