Bob
Fri May 16 12:43:36 PDT 2008
Thanks Terry,
The Show All command really helped. Bob
"Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
news:485A7251-3E5D-4986-A150-312F0D2E8F32@microsoft.com...
> Have you turned on the ShowAll command (Ctrl+Shft+*) and checked to see if
> there are section breaks still present which I guess there must be. You
> may need to replace the Section Breaks with a paragraph (^p) for it to
> work. If that fails, copy and paste one of the section breaks into the
> find box and replace with ^p (note you have to use the keyboard to
> copy/paste into the Find/Replace dialog.
>
> Terry
>
> "Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23QsnnV2tIHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Thank you Terry. I did this and it replaced 42 section breaks with
>> nothing. But when I looked at the footers they still said that there were
>> 57 section breaks. What can I do now?
>>
>> "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell@msn.com> wrote in message
>> news:8AB07A53-B3A9-46C4-A2E2-F44C51769E97@microsoft.com...
>>> You can use the Search and Replace dialog to find section breaks and
>>> replace them with either a paragraph break (probably the sensible
>>> choice) or nothing.
>>>
>>> Select Replace and in the dialog, press the MORE button. At the bottom
>>> you will see a SPECIAL button which is a drop down list of special
>>> characters including Section Breaks (which is ^b).
>>>
>>> --
>>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>>
>>> "Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23EWCg8wtIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thanks Suzanne. Yes, the document was converted from WordPerfect, and
>>>> I do have a whole slew of unnecessary section breaks. Since I do not
>>>> need them, is there a simple way to get rid of all of the section
>>>> breaks and put in simple footers?
>>>>
>>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>> news:OqnTxVwtIHA.4476@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Do you have a whole bunch of section breaks? Sounds like it. Only you
>>>>> can decide whether you really need them (if they document was
>>>>> converted from WordPerfect, you'll have a slew of unnecessary ones).
>>>>> If you really do, then you will have to use the Show Next button on
>>>>> the Header and Footer toolbar to skip to the next section, click on
>>>>> the Same as Previous (or Link to Previous) button to link that footer
>>>>> to the previous one, which should give you the page number. Repeat as
>>>>> needed for the remaining sections.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>>> Words into Type
>>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>>
>>>>> "Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23X1BJSutIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Thank you Suzanne,
>>>>>> I have gone through and deleted all 132 page number frames. And I
>>>>>> have the Header and Footer toolbar onscreen. When I click Insert
>>>>>> Page Number, I see a page number inserted into the footer, left
>>>>>> justified. If I want it to be centered I can press ^E and it will
>>>>>> move over. However, I do not see any page numbers in any of the other
>>>>>> footers in the document. How can I get page numbers throughout the
>>>>>> document (and preferably have them centered)? Thank you again in
>>>>>> advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:OOZdaFptIHA.1772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>> When you use the Insert | Page Numbers command, the page number is
>>>>>>> inserted in a frame. Every time you use this command, another frame
>>>>>>> is inserted. Which is why using the Insert Page Number command on
>>>>>>> the Header and Footer toolbar is recommended. I'm afraid you'll have
>>>>>>> to go through the footers one by one and delete the frames one by
>>>>>>> one. For more on this, see
>>>>>>>
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>>>>> Words into Type
>>>>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:eGfBhKktIHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>> Thank you Suzanne. That helped a lot. With that instruction I was
>>>>>>>> able to add a page number to the footer and to put it nice an low
>>>>>>>> on the page. However, there still exists another page number about
>>>>>>>> an inch higher. If I double click this other page number and then
>>>>>>>> click it once more, it appears to be in a text box (about 6 inches
>>>>>>>> across) in the lower part of each page. If I click the gray box
>>>>>>>> around the page number the black boxes used to size it appear. If
>>>>>>>> I then press delete, the box and the number disappear. Is there a
>>>>>>>> way to get all of these boxes to disappear at once, so that only
>>>>>>>> the page numbers that I put low in the footer (like you instructed
>>>>>>>> me) remain?
>>>>>>>> Thanks again.
>>>>>>>> Bob
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:uJLEdFjtIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>> Reduce the footer margin to something less than the bottom margin.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>>>>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>>>>>>> Words into Type
>>>>>>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>> news:e88Bq9htIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>>>I am sorry. I gave the wrong impression. I meant that on a
>>>>>>>>>>number of pages, there area several sentances which I need to keep
>>>>>>>>>>found below the page numbers.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:uImv0uhtIHA.4876@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>>>> Delete the empty paragraphs below the page numbers.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>>>>>>>>>>> Words into Type
>>>>>>>>>>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> "Bob S" <BobS@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>> news:%23qCyYphtIHA.5472@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>>>>>>>I have a Word document given to me which has the page numbers
>>>>>>>>>>>>too high on the page. In fact in some cases there are actually
>>>>>>>>>>>>some lines below the page numbers. The page numbers are in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>middle at the bottom of the page. Can someone tell me how to
>>>>>>>>>>>>move the page numbers down as low as possible on the page?
>>>>>>>>>>>>Thank you in advance.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bob
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