Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
|
|||
|
|||
Page numbers in different sections
Hello,
I'm currently writing a large, 300 page software manual and have come across several problems which I think are related. I've written the manual using Robohelp Office Authoring software. I've then generated the document into Microsoft Word and I'm now editing it. It has an automatically-created table of contents. Problem 1: I wanted to have different headers for different chapters of my document so I inserted section breaks at the start of each new chapter. This worked fine and each chapter has a different header. However, this has created problems with the page numbering in the document. At the start of each chapter, the page number goes back to '1'. I've tried to change each page number manually but when I do this page numbers elsewhere in the document change too. How can I change things so that the pages of the document are numbered from 1 to 300 again? Problem 2: Creating section breaks has also mucked up my table of contents. Usually when I want to update the TOC, I right click on it and then press 'Update field.' The option to 'update page numbers only' appears and I choose this. However now when I try and update the TOC it crashes and the second option does not appear. Any help is much appreciated, Tom |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
|
|||
|
|||
Page numbers in different sections
1. View | Header and Footer. In the header/footer for each section after the
first, click Format Page Number on the Header and Footer toolbar and select "Continue from previous section." Note also that, although you may want section breaks between chapters for other reasons (such as having a different First Page Header/Footer in each chapter), you can change running heads without unlinking the headers by using the StyleRef field; see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm 2. Can't help with this one. -- 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. "Tom" wrote in message ups.com... Hello, I'm currently writing a large, 300 page software manual and have come across several problems which I think are related. I've written the manual using Robohelp Office Authoring software. I've then generated the document into Microsoft Word and I'm now editing it. It has an automatically-created table of contents. Problem 1: I wanted to have different headers for different chapters of my document so I inserted section breaks at the start of each new chapter. This worked fine and each chapter has a different header. However, this has created problems with the page numbering in the document. At the start of each chapter, the page number goes back to '1'. I've tried to change each page number manually but when I do this page numbers elsewhere in the document change too. How can I change things so that the pages of the document are numbered from 1 to 300 again? Problem 2: Creating section breaks has also mucked up my table of contents. Usually when I want to update the TOC, I right click on it and then press 'Update field.' The option to 'update page numbers only' appears and I choose this. However now when I try and update the TOC it crashes and the second option does not appear. Any help is much appreciated, Tom |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
how do I control page numbers in a section break? | Page Layout | |||
page number does not appear | Page Layout | |||
Incorrect Page Numbers in a Table of Contents | Microsoft Word Help | |||
page numbers | Microsoft Word Help | |||
page number positioning and format | Page Layout |