[Ed from AZ]

One issue that comes to mind is that Word doesn't necessarily have a
"Page" object. Pagination can change drastically depending on the
individual's printer settings. If your reader's printer interprets
things slightly different, a paragraph can wind up being partially or
entirely on the next page, which could change your classificatin of
that page. You would have to insert page breaks in order to keep
everything you see when you create the document on the same page when
your reader opens the document with a different printer. Or create a
PDF immediately after creating the document so the printer driver
doesn't affect it.

Other than that, I think I would set up the pages with larger top and
bottom margins and forget about sections for each page. Then I would
create a macro that would scan each page, detect the (S), (C), (U),
etc, and create a text box with the classification marking t top and
bottom that is set behind the page text. It looks the same when
printed, and you don't have a plethoria of section breaks.

Ed

On Nov 14, 6:24 am, Larry Eamigh
wrote:
For years, we have been waiting for Microsoft Word to mature enough to handle
government (military) classified documents. The security requirements
require each paragraph (style) and paragraph be marked with the
classification (e.g., (C) for confidential, (S) for secret, etc.). Then for
each page within a document, the highest classification for each page must be
captured in both the Header and Footer (e.g., CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET, etc).

This has always required each page to be created with separate section
breaks in order to change the contents of the Header/Footer. We all know
what happens when you add a few paragraphs to a page. Everything moves down,
causing the section breaks from that point on to require re-positioning.

Has anyone ever created any software (macro, etc) that can handle this
problem automatically. There are hundreds of thousands of documents within
the US Government alone that would benefit tremendously, as would the editors
and proof-readers.
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Larry Eamigh
Configuration Manager
L-3 Communications