There's no reason you can't put the page numbers in the footer on every
page; in fact, I just finished a book with drop folios on every page and
distinct recto and verso running heads. For more technical documents and
reports, page numbers in the header are often preferred, though. Actually,
if you put the page numbers in a frame or text box, you can put them
anywhere; some very attractive books have "running heads" running vertically
(rotated 90 degrees) in the outside margins.

Wrt front matter, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm

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"tinhorn" wrote in message
...
This might be my best option. Some clients want page numbers on the
bottom,
though. I guess in those cases I could create an entirely separate
document
for front matter and join the PDF files. Cheesy, but it works.

Thanks for all your help!




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I usually make the first page of a chapter odd by default (using an "Odd
page" section break), but if not, I center the page number in the First
Page
Footer, then put the page number in the header for the remaining pages,
left
(outside) on verso pages (Even Page Header) and right (outside) on recto
pages (Odd Page Header).

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"tinhorn" wrote in message
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Thanks, but y'see, using the header/footer bar, I can specify left or
right
justification, but not outside. Outside is an option only when using
the
Insert feature. I'm formatting books and the first page of a chapter
could
be either odd or even numbered.

Unless you know where to find the "outside" option from the
header/footer
toolbar...

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Using the header/footer toolbar is the recommended way to insert
page
numbers in Word (although InsertPage Numbers seems to easy!).

Since you have "Different odd and even" enabled, you can position
the
page number differently on odd and even pages (corresponding to the
"Outside" option in the Page Numbers dialog box).

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Microsoft Word MVP


"tinhorn" wrote in message
news Yes, those were the first things I checked, too.

I got numbers to appear by deleting them all, then inserting them
from the
header/footer toolbar instead of Insert, Page Number function, but
I
had to
center them - no "outside" option.