Conditional fields

I'm just starting to appreciate and understand conditional fields in page
numbering. Although I don't at this time need to have the following
circumstances apply, I was just thinking "what if?"

Suppose I wish to have the Page 1 header of a document read "Beginning" and
the last page to read "The End" with all pages in between showing the actual
page numbers.

Could I do this all in one header or do I need to divide the document into
sections?

Greg
Mon Apr 17 17:27:04 CDT 2006

IG,

You could do it all in a nested conditional field:

{ IF { Page }="1""Beginning"{ If { Page }={ NumPages }"End"{ Page } } }


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"Island Girl" <IslandGirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7A2E74B-BE9D-4037-AFF5-AC4824C30209@microsoft.com...
> I'm just starting to appreciate and understand conditional fields in page
> numbering. Although I don't at this time need to have the following
> circumstances apply, I was just thinking "what if?"
>
> Suppose I wish to have the Page 1 header of a document read "Beginning"
> and
> the last page to read "The End" with all pages in between showing the
> actual
> page numbers.
>
> Could I do this all in one header or do I need to divide the document into
> sections?
>

Suzanne
Mon Apr 17 17:27:01 CDT 2006

Yes, you could do this.

Oh, you want to know how? The easiest way to get "Beginning" is to enable
"Different first page" and put "Beginning" in the First Page Header. For
End, use a field such as this:

{ IF { PAGE } = { NUMPAGES } "End" { PAGE } }

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"Island Girl" <IslandGirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7A2E74B-BE9D-4037-AFF5-AC4824C30209@microsoft.com...
> I'm just starting to appreciate and understand conditional fields in page
> numbering. Although I don't at this time need to have the following
> circumstances apply, I was just thinking "what if?"
>
> Suppose I wish to have the Page 1 header of a document read "Beginning"
and
> the last page to read "The End" with all pages in between showing the
actual
> page numbers.
>
> Could I do this all in one header or do I need to divide the document into
> sections?
>

IslandGirl
Mon Apr 17 17:38:01 CDT 2006

You always come through, Greg! Thanks so much!

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

> IG,
>
> You could do it all in a nested conditional field:
>
> { IF { Page }="1""Beginning"{ If { Page }={ NumPages }"End"{ Page } } }
>
>
> --
> Greg Maxey/Word MVP
> See:
> http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
> For some helpful tips using Word.
>
> "Island Girl" <IslandGirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B7A2E74B-BE9D-4037-AFF5-AC4824C30209@microsoft.com...
> > I'm just starting to appreciate and understand conditional fields in page
> > numbering. Although I don't at this time need to have the following
> > circumstances apply, I was just thinking "what if?"
> >
> > Suppose I wish to have the Page 1 header of a document read "Beginning"
> > and
> > the last page to read "The End" with all pages in between showing the
> > actual
> > page numbers.
> >
> > Could I do this all in one header or do I need to divide the document into
> > sections?
> >
>
>
>

IslandGirl
Mon Apr 17 18:14:01 CDT 2006

Thanks again, Suzanne!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> Yes, you could do this.
>
> Oh, you want to know how? The easiest way to get "Beginning" is to enable
> "Different first page" and put "Beginning" in the First Page Header. For
> End, use a field such as this:
>
> { IF { PAGE } = { NUMPAGES } "End" { PAGE } }
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Island Girl" <IslandGirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B7A2E74B-BE9D-4037-AFF5-AC4824C30209@microsoft.com...
> > I'm just starting to appreciate and understand conditional fields in page
> > numbering. Although I don't at this time need to have the following
> > circumstances apply, I was just thinking "what if?"
> >
> > Suppose I wish to have the Page 1 header of a document read "Beginning"
> and
> > the last page to read "The End" with all pages in between showing the
> actual
> > page numbers.
> >
> > Could I do this all in one header or do I need to divide the document into
> > sections?
> >
>
>

Charles
Mon Apr 17 18:56:32 CDT 2006

You can do it in one section - and indeed in one header.

Take a look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm.
For even more, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Page_Numbering.htm.


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"Island Girl" <IslandGirl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B7A2E74B-BE9D-4037-AFF5-AC4824C30209@microsoft.com...
> I'm just starting to appreciate and understand conditional fields in page
> numbering. Although I don't at this time need to have the following
> circumstances apply, I was just thinking "what if?"
>
> Suppose I wish to have the Page 1 header of a document read "Beginning"
> and
> the last page to read "The End" with all pages in between showing the
> actual
> page numbers.
>
> Could I do this all in one header or do I need to divide the document into
> sections?
>