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Default Revised pages need different footers -- how?

On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:41:01 -0800, Dave
wrote:

Hi,
I'm new to this forum and appreciate in advance any help you all can provide.

I am working on a manual that has multiple sections. Odd/Even footers are
different, and numbering restarts correctly at the beginning of each major
section.

Problem is I want to issue revisions to this manual consisting of individual
pages that have changed. I want the footer of these changed pages to have
the revision number and revision date on them. However, when I change an odd
footer on a single changed page within a section to show the new revision
number and date, all the odd footers in that section change. This is true
whether or not the footer is linked to previous.

Is this possible to do with Word?

Thanks for the help,
Dave


It's barely possible, but not by using the footer. Insert a frame or
text box that's anchored in the body text on the changed page, and
drag it into the area of the footer.

Even better, convince your employer that the practice of revision
pages is obsolete and sometimes harmful. Read John McGhie's
introduction to the subject in
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/chapternumber.htm.

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Jay Freedman
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