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Word 2003 messes up my page numbering
I use Word 2000. I saved a document onto my USB drive. I went to
school, plugged in the USB, and opened the document. The school computers have Word 2003 on them. I worked on the document. When it was finished, I inserted page numbers into the footer. Instead of numbering the pages from 1-207, it started each section over again. I'm not sure if it started renumbering each time it got to header 2, header 3, or a page break. I couldn't get the numbering to go straight through, so I printed the document without page numbers. This is a PITA. I'd like to know how to open my documents WITHOUT adding in the new-fangled Word 2003 features. Like messed up page numbers. Is there a setting that will let me preserve the features that I like and that are in my Word 2000 documents? *(((({ |
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Word 2003 messes up my page numbering
Restarting page numbering is the same in Word 2000 and Word 2003; there is
no reason that opening your document on a different computer or in a different version would make any difference. Are you using the Insert | Page Numbers feature or the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar? If the latter (preferred), click on the Format Page Number button in each section and select "Continue from previous section." -- 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. "*((({" wrote in message ... I use Word 2000. I saved a document onto my USB drive. I went to school, plugged in the USB, and opened the document. The school computers have Word 2003 on them. I worked on the document. When it was finished, I inserted page numbers into the footer. Instead of numbering the pages from 1-207, it started each section over again. I'm not sure if it started renumbering each time it got to header 2, header 3, or a page break. I couldn't get the numbering to go straight through, so I printed the document without page numbers. This is a PITA. I'd like to know how to open my documents WITHOUT adding in the new-fangled Word 2003 features. Like messed up page numbers. Is there a setting that will let me preserve the features that I like and that are in my Word 2000 documents? *(((({ |
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Word 2003 messes up my page numbering
My documents are always set to continue page numbering from the
previous section. I tried Insert Page Number from the drop-down menu. When that didn't work, I opened a fresh document and tried opening the footer and inserting the page numbers there. Since my 200+ page document has more than 100 headings using Heading Style #3, and since it looked like I would have to page all the way through, changing each instance to "continue from previous section," I just gave up and printed without page numbers. Then I had a good cry and went to class with my un-numbered document, my nose and eyes red and oh god it was just pitiful to see a middle-aged woman in law school looking like that. :-( There's GOT to be a setting some place that is messed up. Since I can open the document on my home computer, insert page numbers (either way), and get them to run continuously from 1-206, why can't I do that using the school's Word 2003? *(((({ In the last exciting episode on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:34:42 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Restarting page numbering is the same in Word 2000 and Word 2003; there is no reason that opening your document on a different computer or in a different version would make any difference. Are you using the Insert | Page Numbers feature or the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar? If the latter (preferred), click on the Format Page Number button in each section and select "Continue from previous section." |
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Word 2003 messes up my page numbering
I'm not sure I understand the connection between Heading 3 and page
numbering unless you're inserting a section break before each heading. If so, something more than Word is the problem here, as that should not be necessary. I think you are misunderstanding something, but I'm not sure what. -- 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. "*((({" wrote in message ... My documents are always set to continue page numbering from the previous section. I tried Insert Page Number from the drop-down menu. When that didn't work, I opened a fresh document and tried opening the footer and inserting the page numbers there. Since my 200+ page document has more than 100 headings using Heading Style #3, and since it looked like I would have to page all the way through, changing each instance to "continue from previous section," I just gave up and printed without page numbers. Then I had a good cry and went to class with my un-numbered document, my nose and eyes red and oh god it was just pitiful to see a middle-aged woman in law school looking like that. :-( There's GOT to be a setting some place that is messed up. Since I can open the document on my home computer, insert page numbers (either way), and get them to run continuously from 1-206, why can't I do that using the school's Word 2003? *(((({ In the last exciting episode on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:34:42 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Restarting page numbering is the same in Word 2000 and Word 2003; there is no reason that opening your document on a different computer or in a different version would make any difference. Are you using the Insert | Page Numbers feature or the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar? If the latter (preferred), click on the Format Page Number button in each section and select "Continue from previous section." |
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Word 2003 messes up my page numbering
I KNOW I'm misunderstanding something! lol
There are section breaks in the document, because some text is set to columns. That automatically creates a section break, when you return to single column. Maybe the renumbering was restarting after every column change. Is that a relevant clue? *(((({ In the last exciting episode on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:40:25 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand the connection between Heading 3 and page numbering unless you're inserting a section break before each heading. If so, something more than Word is the problem here, as that should not be necessary. I think you are misunderstanding something, but I'm not sure what. |
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Word 2003 messes up my page numbering
I think this is what we've been telling you from the outset. If you have
Continuous section breaks falling in the middle of a page, then you can have sections in which the numbering restarts, but they are not accessible from the Header and Footer toolbar. There are two possible approaches: 1. Insert a temporary page break in the section that falls in the middle of the page, then use Format Page Number on the H&F toolbar to set numbering to "Continue from previous section." 2. With the insertion point in the inaccessible section use Insert | Page Numbers: Format.... After setting the format, click OK, but be sure to click Close rather than OK back in the main dialog so that you don't insert another page number field. -- 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. "*((({" wrote in message ... I KNOW I'm misunderstanding something! lol There are section breaks in the document, because some text is set to columns. That automatically creates a section break, when you return to single column. Maybe the renumbering was restarting after every column change. Is that a relevant clue? *(((({ In the last exciting episode on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:40:25 -0600, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: I'm not sure I understand the connection between Heading 3 and page numbering unless you're inserting a section break before each heading. If so, something more than Word is the problem here, as that should not be necessary. I think you are misunderstanding something, but I'm not sure what. |
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