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Master document and page numbering - long doc
Hello,
I have a document that contains 56 pages. Although not a terribly long document, I do want to manage the sections independently and merge together for final document. Page numbering has me perplexed. I have set up my sections individually. I've tried inserting page numbers in the individual sections. I have tried sections without page numbers and inserted after master document is made. Table of contents is very strange as it restarts numbering in several places. I know that this should not be so difficult but am stumped. I've reserved a couple of books from the library to look at for help with this. But, I thought some of you might have some suggestions to help me out here. I need to read up on the whole page break, section break issue -- I think this is where I might be confused. Thanks, Pat |
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Master document and page numbering - long doc
Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However,
you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that will be corrupt soon. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the Master Document feature and workarounds. See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more information on what goes wrong, and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how to salvage what you can. See http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very carefully. Books you get on this may not tell you anything about the problems. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "blue_eyes" wrote in message oups.com... Hello, I have a document that contains 56 pages. Although not a terribly long document, I do want to manage the sections independently and merge together for final document. Page numbering has me perplexed. I have set up my sections individually. I've tried inserting page numbers in the individual sections. I have tried sections without page numbers and inserted after master document is made. Table of contents is very strange as it restarts numbering in several places. I know that this should not be so difficult but am stumped. I've reserved a couple of books from the library to look at for help with this. But, I thought some of you might have some suggestions to help me out here. I need to read up on the whole page break, section break issue -- I think this is where I might be confused. Thanks, Pat |
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