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FIrst page footers
I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the
numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel |
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I'm guessing that the page set up for the footers on the first page (first
section?) is different frmo the page set up for other sections. Check out the margins and layout tabs to see if they are consistent. "Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message ... I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel |
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Thanks for the reply.
The strange thing is that if I click on the first page of the document and check Page Setup I get the same margins and footer settings as if I click somewhere in the rest of the document. If I change the first page, the rest also changes. This is even though I have 'Different first page' checked and the section start set to new. I am using Word 2002. Thanks Noel "Barb Reinhardt" wrote in message ... I'm guessing that the page set up for the footers on the first page (first section?) is different frmo the page set up for other sections. Check out the margins and layout tabs to see if they are consistent. "Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message ... I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel |
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-----Original Message----- I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel . Word 2003 (you didn't specify which version) Help returns this: Specify how to start or restart page numbering Show All Hide All If you haven't done so already, insert a section break (section break: A mark you insert to show the end of a section. A section break stores the section formatting elements, such as the margins, page orientation, headers and footers, and sequence of page numbers.) where you want to start page numbering. How? Click where you want to insert a section break. On the Insert menu, click Break. Under Section break types, click the option that describes where you want the new section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) to begin. Note If you have already inserted a page break (page break: The point at which one page ends and another begins. Microsoft Word inserts an "automatic" (or soft) page break for you, or you can force a page break at a specific location by inserting a "manual" (or hard) page break.) to cause a chapter to start on a new page, delete the page break and replace it with a section break that starts on a new page. Do any of the following: Start page numbering with 1 after the first page For example, you can omit page numbers for the document's title page or introduction and then start page numbering later in the document. Click in the section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) in which you want to start page numbering. On the View menu, click Header and Footer. If you want to position the page numbers at the bottom of the page, click Switch Between Header and Footer on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.). If a header or footer has been defined for a previous section in the document, click Link to Previous on the Header and Footer toolbar to break the connection between the header or footer in the current section and the previous section. If there's already text in the header or footer that you don't want, delete the text before inserting the page number. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers. Click Format. In the Start at box, enter 1. Start page numbering with a number other than 1 For example, you can number pages without a break in numbering between multiple documents by numbering the first document 1 through 20 and the second document 21 through 40. Click in the section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) in which you want to change the starting page number. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers. Click Format. In the Start at box, enter a number. Restart page numbering with 1 for each chapter or section For example, you can number the first chapter 1 through 5 and the second chapter 1 through 8. Or, number the table of contents i through iv and the rest of the document 1 through 25. Click in a section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) or select multiple sections in which you want to restart page numbering. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers. Click Format. In the Start at box, enter 1. |
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Thanks - sorry I did not state I am using Word 2002.
I do not have any problems with the numbering - that's fine. It's just that the footer on the front page (where I have deliberately omitted a page number) appears much higher on the page than the subsequent pages. This is clearly visible on the Print Preview screen. Noel "Chuck Davis" wrote in message ... -----Original Message----- I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel |
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I would guess that some copying and pasting went on here. Word is very bad
about adding empty paragraphs in headers and footers when you do that. Display nonprinting characters (by pressing Ctrl+* or clicking the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard toolbar) and you will probably see more than one paragraph mark (¶). Delete all but one, and your footer should be back to normal size. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message ... I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel |
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Thanks for the advice.
Although I didn't find a second paragraph mark in the footer I did notice something odd about the size of the footer. Consequently I discovered that somehow the spacing after the footer text was set to 30 pts. A quick visit to Format, Paragraph, solved the problem! Something else for me to remember for the future! Noel "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I would guess that some copying and pasting went on here. Word is very bad about adding empty paragraphs in headers and footers when you do that. Display nonprinting characters (by pressing Ctrl+* or clicking the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard toolbar) and you will probably see more than one paragraph mark (¶). Delete all but one, and your footer should be back to normal size. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message ... I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel |
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Sorry, yes, I should have mentioned that possibility as well (though it's
less probable). I'm guessing that some style other than Footer got applied to the footer paragraph. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message ... Thanks for the advice. Although I didn't find a second paragraph mark in the footer I did notice something odd about the size of the footer. Consequently I discovered that somehow the spacing after the footer text was set to 30 pts. A quick visit to Format, Paragraph, solved the problem! Something else for me to remember for the future! Noel "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I would guess that some copying and pasting went on here. Word is very bad about adding empty paragraphs in headers and footers when you do that. Display nonprinting characters (by pressing Ctrl+* or clicking the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard toolbar) and you will probably see more than one paragraph mark (¶). Delete all but one, and your footer should be back to normal size. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Noel S Pamfree" wrote in message ... I have written a document with a different front page footer so that the numbering of pages doesn't begin until the second page. What is strange is that the footer on the first page appears much higher than those on subsequent pages. Can anyone tell me how to alter the first page footer? Noel |
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