I have a multi-page form, an application, with rootline progress indication. This works as expected.
I have a multi-approver approval process section, "Status", a series of conditional select lists with approval status (Pending, Approved, Not Approved).
This Status section is placed at the end of the form on the last page and is only visible to users with Approval permissions. It is not visible to the original applicant.
I use skip to next page conditionals so the Approvers only see the Status section, on the last page.
Two issues:

1. The system requires that I have to have some content on the first page of the form, not able to skip directly to the last page.
   • The status section has to be on the last page for submit.
   • The Approver reads/skips to the next page which is the last and has the Status section where they make their inputs.
   • Is there any way to skip directly to the last page?
2. When using the rootline and the skip to next page conditionals for the Applicant user (who sees all nine pages) the initial viewing of the first page first only shows rootline 1 and 2.
   • As they move forward to the real page two the rootline expands to show all nine pages, and if they return to page 1 the rootline is now correct, only wrong on initial visit.
   • Any work around for this?

Or maybe there is a better way to run the approval process? I am open for suggestions.
Thank you,
Christopher