> > > My cover page, table of content/tables are all counting as normal
> > > pages. How can I count them separately?
>
> Since nobody give me the anwser I want, I dig around myself and
> found a solution, hopefully will help some newbie else:
> \pagenumbering{roman}
> \pagenumbering{arabic}

Good for you! Note that you should put \clear[double]page before right place.

If you use documentlass book, this is somewhat automated by the \frontmatter and \mainmatter commands.

Donald Arseneau