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My document is 39 pages long. However, the total page number (after numerous processing) is 36. I thus have page 1/36, 2/36, ... 36/36, as well as 37/36, 38/36, and 39/36.

Page 36 matches with the end of my text: the end of page 36 and pages 37 to 39 are filled with (floating) tables only.
If I add enough content in order to have regular text displayed after all floating tables, the numbering becomes right, i.e., the total page number equals 39.

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I have tried to add \null after the last floating table, but it has no effect.

The total number of pages is computed via the \@totpages variable that is defined as following in the .cls file I use. (This class is the template of the journal I want to publish in, based on the article class.)

\def\@totpages{0}
\AtEndDocument{\immediate\write\@auxout{\string\gdef\string\@totpages{\thepage}}}

Question: How to force the total of page number to be compute after the last float being printed?

ebosi
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    If needed, I can provide a MWE, but I use an exotic class pimped by the journal I want to publish in. So maybe the solution is so obvious, I do not have to create such example ! N.B.: The exotic class is based on article, and loads morefloats, as well as stfloats floats packages. – ebosi Jun 10 '16 at 08:37
  • Do you use the lastpage package to get the label? – Ulrike Fischer Jun 10 '16 at 09:16
  • Your comment made me browse class definition - what is indeed a good idea to understand how is totalpage generated! Anyway, the footer is defined as \thepage/\@totpages where \@totpages is computed as following: first \def\@totpages{0} and then \AtEndDocument{\immediate\write\@auxout{\string\gdef\string\@totpages{\thepage}}} (all these commands are in class definition) – ebosi Jun 10 '16 at 09:23
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    load lastpage and then redefine the footer to use \pageref{LastPage}. – Ulrike Fischer Jun 10 '16 at 09:27
  • @UlrikeFischer: \RequirePackage{lastpage} + \def\@totpages{\pageref{LastPage}} does the job! Would you mind writing an answer I could accept? (My next issue is to let my modifications be accepted by journal editor!) – ebosi Jun 10 '16 at 09:39

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Load the lastpage package and then redefine the footer or \@totpages to use \pageref{LastPage}.

The lastpage package tries very hard to get the correct last page number even if there are pending floats and so is much more reliable than most manual solutions.

Ulrike Fischer
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