Please note that the method Steve provides will *not* give the results you
want. For that you need to use one of the methods detailed at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...apeSection.htm

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"NP" wrote in message
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thanks that's great!
I'll have a go at that
cheers


"Steve McDermott (new to list)." wrote:

If I understand the question correctly (by rephrasing):
You want to have the headers/footers remain the same regardless of page
orientation or section.

Click View Headers and Footers. Cycle to your landscaped pages (i.e.,
sections) by clicking next header/footer. In the Header/Footer window,
click
on the Same As Previous button.
This assumes you have started the document with a portrait orientation.

You may have to do some polishing with it to work, and remember, it only
works for the selected feature, not the section (i.e., you have to
perform
these steps for your header and your footer for both to be affected).
(to the left of the "Switch between header and footer" button). This
copies
the spacing and contents of the previo

"NP" wrote:

hey there
I have a number of landscape pages (tables etc) but the rest of the
document
is portrait. is there a way to get the header and page number on the
landscape pages to be portrait (i.e. orientated like the rest of the
document) rather than landscape?
thanks
Nancy
p.s. am using word 2002