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Continuous Sections, Page Breaks and Page Numbering
I am creating an Operations Manual using section continuous and page breaks.
When i merged multiple files together I deleted and reinserted the Page X of Y in the foorter and the following problems occured: 1) the second documnet restarted the page numbering at 1 and never incremented more than 2; 2) the total number of pages was reset to one more than the first section; and 3) the numbered lists within the the multiple documents started incorrect number i.e. the first number was wrong (not 1) but the others were OK (2 - X). Any suggestions? |
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Continuous Sections, Page Breaks and Page Numbering
When I encounter problems with page numbering associated with section
breaks, I start removing section breaks until I get them all out of the document. Then I start putting them back in starting at the end of the document and working forward. I only put in the section breaks necessary to formatting the document the way I want. For instance, if I change from Portrait to Landscape, I put in a Next Page Section Break at the end of the page before the Landscape section. Then I will change the formatting of the following section to reflect Landscape. Where ever possible I put in Next Page Section breaks rather than continuous section breaks. The continuous ones are only necessary if you are changing the layout within the page itself. For instance if you change the margins from one size to another on the same page. Or you need to add columns to the page. Continuous section breaks are the most difficult section breaks to work with because they affect your page numbering, but it is difficult to adjust the numbering in the section itself. Good Luck. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "Rita''s Water Ice" wrote in message : I am creating an Operations Manual using section continuous and page breaks. When i merged multiple files together I deleted and reinserted the Page X of Y in the foorter and the following problems occured: 1) the second documnet restarted the page numbering at 1 and never incremented more than 2; 2) the total number of pages was reset to one more than the first section; and 3) the numbered lists within the the multiple documents started incorrect number i.e. the first number was wrong (not 1) but the others were OK (2 - X). Any suggestions? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1188 - Release Date: 12/17/2007 2:13 PM |
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Continuous Sections, Page Breaks and Page Numbering
A different approach when dealing with continuous sections is to temporarily
insert page breaks so that you can see all headers and footers. Then you can access the Page Number Format dialog box (via the Header and Footer toolbar for Word 2003, or via the Header & Footer Tools ribbon, Page Number button, Format Page Numbers command, for Word 2007). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote: When I encounter problems with page numbering associated with section breaks, I start removing section breaks until I get them all out of the document. Then I start putting them back in starting at the end of the document and working forward. I only put in the section breaks necessary to formatting the document the way I want. For instance, if I change from Portrait to Landscape, I put in a Next Page Section Break at the end of the page before the Landscape section. Then I will change the formatting of the following section to reflect Landscape. Where ever possible I put in Next Page Section breaks rather than continuous section breaks. The continuous ones are only necessary if you are changing the layout within the page itself. For instance if you change the margins from one size to another on the same page. Or you need to add columns to the page. Continuous section breaks are the most difficult section breaks to work with because they affect your page numbering, but it is difficult to adjust the numbering in the section itself. Good Luck. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn as well. "Rita''s Water Ice" wrote in message : I am creating an Operations Manual using section continuous and page breaks. When i merged multiple files together I deleted and reinserted the Page X of Y in the foorter and the following problems occured: 1) the second documnet restarted the page numbering at 1 and never incremented more than 2; 2) the total number of pages was reset to one more than the first section; and 3) the numbered lists within the the multiple documents started incorrect number i.e. the first number was wrong (not 1) but the others were OK (2 - X). Any suggestions? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1188 - Release Date: 12/17/2007 2:13 PM |
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Several posts refer to this problem, which I have also, in Word 2002. There doesn't seem to be an adequate solution.
Page numbering in the footer in section 1 of a single column document is fine up to and including a page that has a two column section bounded at each end by 'Section Break (Continuous)'. In my case this page is '65' (consisting of section 1 at the beginning, section 2 for the 2-column part & section 3 thereafter). The page immediately following this (i.e. page 66) is given as '2' in the footer. The Page Number Format dialog specifies "Continue from previous section" throughout. What is the fix? What am I missing? Any advice appreciated. |
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