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The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my
long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. |
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What you are doing should be working. However, sometimes Word doesn't
recognize certain modifications and consequently won't allow you to save the document. After you've selected the "Continue from previous" option, does it help if you also make a change in the document, such as adding and deleting a character, before saving? You may also want to try running the following macro, just to be sure that the restart option is being modified for all sections (even continuous ones without visible headers and footers): Sub ContPageNumbering() Dim s As Section For Each s In ActiveDocument.Sections s.Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).PageNumbers _ .RestartNumberingAtSection = False Next s End Sub -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "jmc" wrote in message ... The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. |
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I'm not familiar with macros - bit of a newbie. But I will doublecheck on
saving after making other changes. Thanks. "Stefan Blom" wrote: What you are doing should be working. However, sometimes Word doesn't recognize certain modifications and consequently won't allow you to save the document. After you've selected the "Continue from previous" option, does it help if you also make a change in the document, such as adding and deleting a character, before saving? You may also want to try running the following macro, just to be sure that the restart option is being modified for all sections (even continuous ones without visible headers and footers): Sub ContPageNumbering() Dim s As Section For Each s In ActiveDocument.Sections s.Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).PageNumbers _ .RestartNumberingAtSection = False Next s End Sub -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "jmc" wrote in message ... The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. |
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Cheers, the macro worked great. Thanks so much!
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On Monday, August 24, 2009 1:16:01 PM UTC-5, jmc wrote:
The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. I had this issue in Word 2013. I was making changes to a document with Track Changes on when I set up the sections and used the macro included in this post to fill in the numbers. The macro worked fine but when I save it and reopened it, each section was set back to beginning with page 0. Turns out I needed to accept all the formatting changes to create the sections/headers and footers. THEN the page numbering would stick when saved. Just another nuance! |
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Field results and auto numbers may display incorrectly when you are tracking
changes. This is by design in Word. As you have noted, accepting (or rejecting) changes fixes it. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... On Monday, August 24, 2009 1:16:01 PM UTC-5, jmc wrote: The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. I had this issue in Word 2013. I was making changes to a document with Track Changes on when I set up the sections and used the macro included in this post to fill in the numbers. The macro worked fine but when I save it and reopened it, each section was set back to beginning with page 0. Turns out I needed to accept all the formatting changes to create the sections/headers and footers. THEN the page numbering would stick when saved. Just another nuance! |
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This was very useful, so thank you stefan, but it must be said its really not a great experience to need to find a script to fix page numbering
![]() On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7:12:21 PM UTC, Stefan Blom wrote: Field results and auto numbers may display incorrectly when you are tracking changes. This is by design in Word. As you have noted, accepting (or rejecting) changes fixes it. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... On Monday, August 24, 2009 1:16:01 PM UTC-5, jmc wrote: The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. I had this issue in Word 2013. I was making changes to a document with Track Changes on when I set up the sections and used the macro included in this post to fill in the numbers. The macro worked fine but when I save it and reopened it, each section was set back to beginning with page 0. Turns out I needed to accept all the formatting changes to create the sections/headers and footers. THEN the page numbering would stick when saved. Just another nuance! |
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To clarify, this thread deals with two matters: restarting page numbers when
there are continuous section breaks present and the behavior of fields when Track Changes is enabled. Note that you don't have to use a macro in order to adjust the page numbering. Actually, recent versions of Word make it easier to change page number restart options even for continuous sections. In Word 2007 and later, you can access the Page Number Format dialog box via Insert tab | Page Number | Format Page Numbers. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... This was very useful, so thank you stefan, but it must be said its really not a great experience to need to find a script to fix page numbering ![]() On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7:12:21 PM UTC, Stefan Blom wrote: Field results and auto numbers may display incorrectly when you are tracking changes. This is by design in Word. As you have noted, accepting (or rejecting) changes fixes it. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... On Monday, August 24, 2009 1:16:01 PM UTC-5, jmc wrote: The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. I had this issue in Word 2013. I was making changes to a document with Track Changes on when I set up the sections and used the macro included in this post to fill in the numbers. The macro worked fine but when I save it and reopened it, each section was set back to beginning with page 0. Turns out I needed to accept all the formatting changes to create the sections/headers and footers. THEN the page numbering would stick when saved. Just another nuance! |
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A very useful macro. Thank you so much.
I struggled for an hour trying to get page numbers to be continuous across 30 pages, with each page containing multiple sections as I switched back and forth between having 1 and 2 columns. I tried selecting all the sections and formatting page numbers to "Continue from previous section" (this required manually adding the Format Page Numbers to a ribbon). This did not work. The macro reset everything so that page numbers were all continuous, across all sections, and I was able to manually update where I wanted pages to start from 1. Perfect. Thanks again. Regards, Jules Aerospace Engineer On Tuesday, 17 December 2013 16:44:27 UTC-4, Stefan Blom wrote: To clarify, this thread deals with two matters: restarting page numbers when there are continuous section breaks present and the behavior of fields when Track Changes is enabled. Note that you don't have to use a macro in order to adjust the page numbering. Actually, recent versions of Word make it easier to change page number restart options even for continuous sections. In Word 2007 and later, you can access the Page Number Format dialog box via Insert tab | Page Number | Format Page Numbers. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... This was very useful, so thank you stefan, but it must be said its really not a great experience to need to find a script to fix page numbering ![]() On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7:12:21 PM UTC, Stefan Blom wrote: Field results and auto numbers may display incorrectly when you are tracking changes. This is by design in Word. As you have noted, accepting (or rejecting) changes fixes it. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... On Monday, August 24, 2009 1:16:01 PM UTC-5, jmc wrote: The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. I had this issue in Word 2013. I was making changes to a document with Track Changes on when I set up the sections and used the macro included in this post to fill in the numbers. The macro worked fine but when I save it and reopened it, each section was set back to beginning with page 0. Turns out I needed to accept all the formatting changes to create the sections/headers and footers. THEN the page numbering would stick when saved. Just another nuance! |
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With many sections, the macro certainly saves time. :-)
Thanks for the feedback! -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... A very useful macro. Thank you so much. I struggled for an hour trying to get page numbers to be continuous across 30 pages, with each page containing multiple sections as I switched back and forth between having 1 and 2 columns. I tried selecting all the sections and formatting page numbers to "Continue from previous section" (this required manually adding the Format Page Numbers to a ribbon). This did not work. The macro reset everything so that page numbers were all continuous, across all sections, and I was able to manually update where I wanted pages to start from 1. Perfect. Thanks again. Regards, Jules Aerospace Engineer On Tuesday, 17 December 2013 16:44:27 UTC-4, Stefan Blom wrote: To clarify, this thread deals with two matters: restarting page numbers when there are continuous section breaks present and the behavior of fields when Track Changes is enabled. Note that you don't have to use a macro in order to adjust the page numbering. Actually, recent versions of Word make it easier to change page number restart options even for continuous sections. In Word 2007 and later, you can access the Page Number Format dialog box via Insert tab | Page Number | Format Page Numbers. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... This was very useful, so thank you stefan, but it must be said its really not a great experience to need to find a script to fix page numbering ![]() On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 7:12:21 PM UTC, Stefan Blom wrote: Field results and auto numbers may display incorrectly when you are tracking changes. This is by design in Word. As you have noted, accepting (or rejecting) changes fixes it. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... On Monday, August 24, 2009 1:16:01 PM UTC-5, jmc wrote: The page numbering in footer returns to 1 after every section break in my long document. I've repeatedly "fixed" this by clicking the "Continue from previous section" button in the Page Number Format dialog box for each section and saved the document. But when I open the document again, each section starts back at page 1. I'm using Word 2007, odd and even page headers and footers. What am I missing? Thanks. I had this issue in Word 2013. I was making changes to a document with Track Changes on when I set up the sections and used the macro included in this post to fill in the numbers. The macro worked fine but when I save it and reopened it, each section was set back to beginning with page 0. Turns out I needed to accept all the formatting changes to create the sections/headers and footers. THEN the page numbering would stick when saved. Just another nuance! |
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