Ben
Tue May 24 16:42:31 CDT 2005
Jay,
What can I say. "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you". It solved a big problem
for me. The only sad note is that I wasn't able to figure it out by myself.
Have a good week.
Ben
"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Ben T wrote:
>> I am trying to renumber pages on a 100 page document. I did not
>> create this document. The page numbers are not sequential. Can anyone
>> help me figure this out. I'm at my wits end. I think that section
>> assignments might be theproblem?? Thanks anyone.
>> Ben
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> You're right about the sections.
>
> First let's get all the page numbers to run consecutively from start to
> finish. Then if you want something different, at least you know what
> you're
> starting from.
>
> Open the document in Print Layout view. Put the cursor at the beginning of
> the text on the first page and click View > Header and Footer. Besides
> popping you into the Header pane, that will display the Header/Footer
> toolbar.
>
> On the toolbar, the third icon from the left shows the tooltip "Format
> Page
> Number". Click it to open its dialog. Near the bottom of the dialog are
> two
> option buttons, "Continue from previous section" and "Start at". Since
> you're currently looking at Section 1, it doesn't make much sense to
> continue from a nonexistent "previous" section, but that option should be
> selected. Click OK.
>
> On the toolbar, just to the left of the Close button, is one that says
> "Show
> Next". Click that (maybe more than once, depending on whether first-page
> or
> even-odd headers exist) until you're in Section 2. Click the "Format Page
> Number" button, make sure the "Continue from previous section" option is
> selected, and click OK. Repeat this step until you have reset or verified
> every section in the document, and they're all continuous. Finally, click
> the Close button to return to the document body.
>
> If you do want some special numbering, see these articles:
>
>
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm
>
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
>
>