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I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which
is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v.
-- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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Second reply. I just realized my question got posted multiple times on this
forum. I submitted only one. Apparently I can't even get that right. "PhilB" wrote: Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those
referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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Suzanne
Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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First of all, if you're using Insert | Page Numbers to add page numbers,
don't! If you have previously done so, go through and delete all the page numbers. Unfortunately, Word doesn't provide an easy way to do this (for example, there's no "None" selection in the Insert | Page Numbers dialog that will remove existing page numbers), and you have to be sure you get the frame along with the PAGE field (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm) Now, realize that adding page numbers to the Odd Page Footer doesn't affect the Even Page Footer and vice versa. You have to do it manually both places, using the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Format the page numbers using the Format Page Number button; if you set numbering to restart in the section after your front matter, then it may continue to restart in each succeeding section you add unless you change to "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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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I've just spent several hours trying to use the comments in your last post.
Maybe if I approach this differently, I may be able to get it right. At the moment, my document has front and main text with different number formats and both have a different first page. Both are formatted fine and I have two sections to my document. The three things I want to accomplish are to have the front matter numbered in Roman with a different first page, the main text numberred in Arabic with a different first page, and finally the main document showing different odd and even page headers (author/title.) Should I do the author/title first or the numbering? Should I end up with three break insertions, one for the front matter numbering, one for the Arabic numbering and one for the odd and even page headers? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, if you're using Insert | Page Numbers to add page numbers, don't! If you have previously done so, go through and delete all the page numbers. Unfortunately, Word doesn't provide an easy way to do this (for example, there's no "None" selection in the Insert | Page Numbers dialog that will remove existing page numbers), and you have to be sure you get the frame along with the PAGE field (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm) Now, realize that adding page numbers to the Odd Page Footer doesn't affect the Even Page Footer and vice versa. You have to do it manually both places, using the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Format the page numbers using the Format Page Number button; if you set numbering to restart in the section after your front matter, then it may continue to restart in each succeeding section you add unless you change to "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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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It sounds as if this document needs only one section break, between the
front matter and the main document, unless you have numerous chapters and want a different first page in each one (which can be attacked later). Start by deleting *all* section breaks in your document. Then go to http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm and carefully follow the instructions, inserting a section break when instructed. Assuming you have already enabled "Different first page" and "Different odd and even," keep in mind that you will have to use Show Next (or Show Previous) more than once to skip from, say, the First Page Footer in section 1 to the First Page Footer in section 2 (and if you don't have at least three pages in section 1, you'll need to add pages temporarily to get access to all three headers/footers). You must insert a PAGE field (using Insert Page Number) in *both* the Odd Page Footer and the Even Page Footer. If you want the placement to be different on facing pages, then align the PAGE field using either paragraph alignment (if the header/footer doesn't contain other text) or the built-in tab stops. I think that you *can* figure this out provided you pay attention to the header/footer label when you're working. It will say, for example, "Even Page Header - Section 2." Make sure you are in the right header/footer before you add text or PAGE fields. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I've just spent several hours trying to use the comments in your last post. Maybe if I approach this differently, I may be able to get it right. At the moment, my document has front and main text with different number formats and both have a different first page. Both are formatted fine and I have two sections to my document. The three things I want to accomplish are to have the front matter numbered in Roman with a different first page, the main text numberred in Arabic with a different first page, and finally the main document showing different odd and even page headers (author/title.) Should I do the author/title first or the numbering? Should I end up with three break insertions, one for the front matter numbering, one for the Arabic numbering and one for the odd and even page headers? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, if you're using Insert | Page Numbers to add page numbers, don't! If you have previously done so, go through and delete all the page numbers. Unfortunately, Word doesn't provide an easy way to do this (for example, there's no "None" selection in the Insert | Page Numbers dialog that will remove existing page numbers), and you have to be sure you get the frame along with the PAGE field (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm) Now, realize that adding page numbers to the Odd Page Footer doesn't affect the Even Page Footer and vice versa. You have to do it manually both places, using the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Format the page numbers using the Format Page Number button; if you set numbering to restart in the section after your front matter, then it may continue to restart in each succeeding section you add unless you change to "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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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I just followed the instructions on your last post. I removed all page
numbers and sections and went to the link given and formatted front and main document with page numbers, both with a 'different first page' to omit the numbers there. I then went to main document, inserted section break (next page), and did this. At this juncture, I have two sections in the document, and my insertion point is at the beginning of chapter one. 1. I clicked on 'VIEW HEADER AND FOOTER' 2. I clicked on LAYOUT and checked off DIFFERENT ODD AND EVEN and left the box checked for DIFFERENT FIRST PAGE. 3.I typed the title of the book and aligned it right 4. I clicked on SHOW NEXT and got to the even page header. I typed the author name, which was already aligned left as desired. 5. I clicked on SWITCH TO FOOTER and it brought me to 'First page Footer.' 6. I used the insert button to insert numbers (1,2,3) and aligned them center 7. I clicked on SHOW NEXT to get to the 'Even page Footer.' 8. I used the insert button and inserted the numbers again (1,2,3) and aligned center. 9. I closed the header and footer toolbar. Here is the result. 1. In the main document, the first page has the book title (not supposed to) 2. The second page (page 2) has the author name aligned left, as idesired. 3. The numbering is 1,2,3, includes the first page.(not supposed to) As for section 1. 4. The front matter has the author on the even pages 5. The front matter has no title showing on the odd pages. "PhilB" wrote: I've just spent several hours trying to use the comments in your last post. Maybe if I approach this differently, I may be able to get it right. At the moment, my document has front and main text with different number formats and both have a different first page. Both are formatted fine and I have two sections to my document. The three things I want to accomplish are to have the front matter numbered in Roman with a different first page, the main text numberred in Arabic with a different first page, and finally the main document showing different odd and even page headers (author/title.) Should I do the author/title first or the numbering? Should I end up with three break insertions, one for the front matter numbering, one for the Arabic numbering and one for the odd and even page headers? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, if you're using Insert | Page Numbers to add page numbers, don't! If you have previously done so, go through and delete all the page numbers. Unfortunately, Word doesn't provide an easy way to do this (for example, there's no "None" selection in the Insert | Page Numbers dialog that will remove existing page numbers), and you have to be sure you get the frame along with the PAGE field (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm) Now, realize that adding page numbers to the Odd Page Footer doesn't affect the Even Page Footer and vice versa. You have to do it manually both places, using the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Format the page numbers using the Format Page Number button; if you set numbering to restart in the section after your front matter, then it may continue to restart in each succeeding section you add unless you change to "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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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It would appear that you put the book title in the Section 1 header instead
of Section 2. It also sounds like you inserted page numbers twice. What I'm not clear on is this: I removed all page numbers and sections and went to the link given and formatted front and main document with page numbers, both with a 'different first page' to omit the numbers there. I then went to main document, inserted section break (next page), and did this. If you haven't yet inserted a section break, then you cannot format page numbers or anything else in the header or footer for "front and main document..., both with a 'different first page' because you don't yet have separate sections for these portions. Send me the document with instructions on what you want in the various headers and footers, and I will fix it. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I just followed the instructions on your last post. I removed all page numbers and sections and went to the link given and formatted front and main document with page numbers, both with a 'different first page' to omit the numbers there. I then went to main document, inserted section break (next page), and did this. At this juncture, I have two sections in the document, and my insertion point is at the beginning of chapter one. 1. I clicked on 'VIEW HEADER AND FOOTER' 2. I clicked on LAYOUT and checked off DIFFERENT ODD AND EVEN and left the box checked for DIFFERENT FIRST PAGE. 3.I typed the title of the book and aligned it right 4. I clicked on SHOW NEXT and got to the even page header. I typed the author name, which was already aligned left as desired. 5. I clicked on SWITCH TO FOOTER and it brought me to 'First page Footer.' 6. I used the insert button to insert numbers (1,2,3) and aligned them center 7. I clicked on SHOW NEXT to get to the 'Even page Footer.' 8. I used the insert button and inserted the numbers again (1,2,3) and aligned center. 9. I closed the header and footer toolbar. Here is the result. 1. In the main document, the first page has the book title (not supposed to) 2. The second page (page 2) has the author name aligned left, as idesired. 3. The numbering is 1,2,3, includes the first page.(not supposed to) As for section 1. 4. The front matter has the author on the even pages 5. The front matter has no title showing on the odd pages. "PhilB" wrote: I've just spent several hours trying to use the comments in your last post. Maybe if I approach this differently, I may be able to get it right. At the moment, my document has front and main text with different number formats and both have a different first page. Both are formatted fine and I have two sections to my document. The three things I want to accomplish are to have the front matter numbered in Roman with a different first page, the main text numberred in Arabic with a different first page, and finally the main document showing different odd and even page headers (author/title.) Should I do the author/title first or the numbering? Should I end up with three break insertions, one for the front matter numbering, one for the Arabic numbering and one for the odd and even page headers? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, if you're using Insert | Page Numbers to add page numbers, don't! If you have previously done so, go through and delete all the page numbers. Unfortunately, Word doesn't provide an easy way to do this (for example, there's no "None" selection in the Insert | Page Numbers dialog that will remove existing page numbers), and you have to be sure you get the frame along with the PAGE field (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm) Now, realize that adding page numbers to the Odd Page Footer doesn't affect the Even Page Footer and vice versa. You have to do it manually both places, using the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Format the page numbers using the Format Page Number button; if you set numbering to restart in the section after your front matter, then it may continue to restart in each succeeding section you add unless you change to "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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I have been working for most of several days to accomplish one thing, which is still eluding me. I am working with Word 2003. I have written a novel. I have broken it into two sections. The first section contains the front matter with lower case Roman numerals. The second section contains Arabic numerals. Both sections have 'different first page' checked off on page layout and they look fine. What I am now attempting to do is Put the title of the book on odd pages and the author name on the even pages. I have tried everything I can possibly think of, and chased down innumerable tutorials on the Internet for doing this. As with the other sections, I am attempting to leave Title off the first page. I have been playing with adding sections, turning the 'same as previous' on and off, 'different odd and even', etc. but still, no matter what I do, I end up messing up what I have previously done. I would GREATLY appreciate a step by step instruction on how to accomplish the foregoing. By using that, I will be able to determine what I did or did not do correctly. I am at wits end, and would appreciate whatever help you can give me. Phil Birmingham |
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This is in answer to your last post asking me to send the document to you. First, let me say how much I appreciate your patience and forbearance with me. I know you are answering many other posts. The good news is I have finally done it. What threw me off was following the step by step in the referred links. They work fine for separate purposes (just page numbering, for example) but to accomplish my three goals of different numbering, different first pages and author/title headers,it took a different route. I now have two sections in the document, which is all you said I would need. Here are my settings that I finally ended up with. I did have to manually delete a few things after it was all set up, but the document is exactly the way I want it now. I have two sections. 1. The section break for section 2 is for 'next page' and not 'odd page.' 2. Under the layout tab for BOTH sections, it says different first page and different odd and even. (I had been trying to uncheck the different odd and even for the numbering layout.) 3. I broke links to previous sections on each of the odd and even header and footer panes and also broke link to previous section on the footer for section two. I'm not sure if it follows suggested protocol, but it works. Once again, I thank you so much for your help, and for staying with me on this and for your offer to format the document for me. It's above and beyond. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It would appear that you put the book title in the Section 1 header instead of Section 2. It also sounds like you inserted page numbers twice. What I'm not clear on is this: I removed all page numbers and sections and went to the link given and formatted front and main document with page numbers, both with a 'different first page' to omit the numbers there. I then went to main document, inserted section break (next page), and did this. If you haven't yet inserted a section break, then you cannot format page numbers or anything else in the header or footer for "front and main document..., both with a 'different first page' because you don't yet have separate sections for these portions. Send me the document with instructions on what you want in the various headers and footers, and I will fix it. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I just followed the instructions on your last post. I removed all page numbers and sections and went to the link given and formatted front and main document with page numbers, both with a 'different first page' to omit the numbers there. I then went to main document, inserted section break (next page), and did this. At this juncture, I have two sections in the document, and my insertion point is at the beginning of chapter one. 1. I clicked on 'VIEW HEADER AND FOOTER' 2. I clicked on LAYOUT and checked off DIFFERENT ODD AND EVEN and left the box checked for DIFFERENT FIRST PAGE. 3.I typed the title of the book and aligned it right 4. I clicked on SHOW NEXT and got to the even page header. I typed the author name, which was already aligned left as desired. 5. I clicked on SWITCH TO FOOTER and it brought me to 'First page Footer.' 6. I used the insert button to insert numbers (1,2,3) and aligned them center 7. I clicked on SHOW NEXT to get to the 'Even page Footer.' 8. I used the insert button and inserted the numbers again (1,2,3) and aligned center. 9. I closed the header and footer toolbar. Here is the result. 1. In the main document, the first page has the book title (not supposed to) 2. The second page (page 2) has the author name aligned left, as idesired. 3. The numbering is 1,2,3, includes the first page.(not supposed to) As for section 1. 4. The front matter has the author on the even pages 5. The front matter has no title showing on the odd pages. "PhilB" wrote: I've just spent several hours trying to use the comments in your last post. Maybe if I approach this differently, I may be able to get it right. At the moment, my document has front and main text with different number formats and both have a different first page. Both are formatted fine and I have two sections to my document. The three things I want to accomplish are to have the front matter numbered in Roman with a different first page, the main text numberred in Arabic with a different first page, and finally the main document showing different odd and even page headers (author/title.) Should I do the author/title first or the numbering? Should I end up with three break insertions, one for the front matter numbering, one for the Arabic numbering and one for the odd and even page headers? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, if you're using Insert | Page Numbers to add page numbers, don't! If you have previously done so, go through and delete all the page numbers. Unfortunately, Word doesn't provide an easy way to do this (for example, there's no "None" selection in the Insert | Page Numbers dialog that will remove existing page numbers), and you have to be sure you get the frame along with the PAGE field (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm) Now, realize that adding page numbers to the Odd Page Footer doesn't affect the Even Page Footer and vice versa. You have to do it manually both places, using the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Format the page numbers using the Format Page Number button; if you set numbering to restart in the section after your front matter, then it may continue to restart in each succeeding section you add unless you change to "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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. |
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As I said somewhere in at least one (perhaps both) of the referenced
articles, "Different first page" is a per-section setting, but "Different odd or even" is all or nothing--it's set for the entire document. The problems you were having, in trying to do too many things at once, mostly arose from a failure to understand how headers and footers and section breaks work. I kept hoping if you would reread the Header and Footer article enough times, something would sink in. g -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne This is in answer to your last post asking me to send the document to you. First, let me say how much I appreciate your patience and forbearance with me. I know you are answering many other posts. The good news is I have finally done it. What threw me off was following the step by step in the referred links. They work fine for separate purposes (just page numbering, for example) but to accomplish my three goals of different numbering, different first pages and author/title headers,it took a different route. I now have two sections in the document, which is all you said I would need. Here are my settings that I finally ended up with. I did have to manually delete a few things after it was all set up, but the document is exactly the way I want it now. I have two sections. 1. The section break for section 2 is for 'next page' and not 'odd page.' 2. Under the layout tab for BOTH sections, it says different first page and different odd and even. (I had been trying to uncheck the different odd and even for the numbering layout.) 3. I broke links to previous sections on each of the odd and even header and footer panes and also broke link to previous section on the footer for section two. I'm not sure if it follows suggested protocol, but it works. Once again, I thank you so much for your help, and for staying with me on this and for your offer to format the document for me. It's above and beyond. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: It would appear that you put the book title in the Section 1 header instead of Section 2. It also sounds like you inserted page numbers twice. What I'm not clear on is this: I removed all page numbers and sections and went to the link given and formatted front and main document with page numbers, both with a 'different first page' to omit the numbers there. I then went to main document, inserted section break (next page), and did this. If you haven't yet inserted a section break, then you cannot format page numbers or anything else in the header or footer for "front and main document..., both with a 'different first page' because you don't yet have separate sections for these portions. Send me the document with instructions on what you want in the various headers and footers, and I will fix it. -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... I just followed the instructions on your last post. I removed all page numbers and sections and went to the link given and formatted front and main document with page numbers, both with a 'different first page' to omit the numbers there. I then went to main document, inserted section break (next page), and did this. At this juncture, I have two sections in the document, and my insertion point is at the beginning of chapter one. 1. I clicked on 'VIEW HEADER AND FOOTER' 2. I clicked on LAYOUT and checked off DIFFERENT ODD AND EVEN and left the box checked for DIFFERENT FIRST PAGE. 3.I typed the title of the book and aligned it right 4. I clicked on SHOW NEXT and got to the even page header. I typed the author name, which was already aligned left as desired. 5. I clicked on SWITCH TO FOOTER and it brought me to 'First page Footer.' 6. I used the insert button to insert numbers (1,2,3) and aligned them center 7. I clicked on SHOW NEXT to get to the 'Even page Footer.' 8. I used the insert button and inserted the numbers again (1,2,3) and aligned center. 9. I closed the header and footer toolbar. Here is the result. 1. In the main document, the first page has the book title (not supposed to) 2. The second page (page 2) has the author name aligned left, as idesired. 3. The numbering is 1,2,3, includes the first page.(not supposed to) As for section 1. 4. The front matter has the author on the even pages 5. The front matter has no title showing on the odd pages. "PhilB" wrote: I've just spent several hours trying to use the comments in your last post. Maybe if I approach this differently, I may be able to get it right. At the moment, my document has front and main text with different number formats and both have a different first page. Both are formatted fine and I have two sections to my document. The three things I want to accomplish are to have the front matter numbered in Roman with a different first page, the main text numberred in Arabic with a different first page, and finally the main document showing different odd and even page headers (author/title.) Should I do the author/title first or the numbering? Should I end up with three break insertions, one for the front matter numbering, one for the Arabic numbering and one for the odd and even page headers? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: First of all, if you're using Insert | Page Numbers to add page numbers, don't! If you have previously done so, go through and delete all the page numbers. Unfortunately, Word doesn't provide an easy way to do this (for example, there's no "None" selection in the Insert | Page Numbers dialog that will remove existing page numbers), and you have to be sure you get the frame along with the PAGE field (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm) Now, realize that adding page numbers to the Odd Page Footer doesn't affect the Even Page Footer and vice versa. You have to do it manually both places, using the Insert Page Number button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Format the page numbers using the Format Page Number button; if you set numbering to restart in the section after your front matter, then it may continue to restart in each succeeding section you add unless you change to "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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne Yes, I did see your first reply. I didn't understand your statement, 'the fourth time' until I realized my original post ended up being posted 4 times. I went to all the links you gave me(and I have been to yours before). Obviously I am doing something wrong, but I have tried every combination I can think of, all without the desired result. I go over each step two or three times to be sure I am doing it correctly. When I insert a new section, put in the odd page header and even page header, and check 'different odd and even', the numbering in the footer gets changed as well and alternates between a number and a blank, i.e., page one blank footer, page 2 numbered, page 3 blank, page 4 numbered, etc. I want the author/title for just the main document, beginning with chapter one, and without any changes to the numbering in the front and main body of the text. In reading over your latest reply, you said, 'Different odd and even, when enabled applies to the whole document. Is that the answer? I cannot have it only on the main text in the book? I know you are answering many of these questions for many posters, and that you are volunteering your time. It was your assistance in the past that enabled me to number my book with separate front and main text and omit the numbers on the first page of each. Numbering is now a snap because of your article. I am so sorry for this long post, but I just wish, instead of general instructions,or referrals to links, I could get a step by step to add the author/title and without disturbing the rest of the document. I will not bother you any more with this. You are the only one who has responded previously (and often) and who has been of any help to me. I just want to get on with my writing and not spend days and days on this one issue. I'm going to be 74 in December and I find my frustration level is very low these days. Thank you for your past help. Phil Birmingham "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you see my reply to your first posting? I think if you read those referenced articles things will become clearer, but here are the essentials: 1. You can have up to three different headers/footers in any section: First Page Header, Even Page Header, Odd Page Header. When you check the box for "Different first page," you can apply it to a specific section or the entire document. "Different odd and even," when enabled, applies to the whole document. 2. Except when using a StyleRef field in a header (see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm), you will need to add a section break every time you want to change the content of any one of these three headers/footers, *and* you must unlink that header/footer in the new section from the corresponding one in the previous section. 3. If you want to have different running heads on recto and verso pages, you need to check "Different odd and even." If you want to omit the head on the first page of a chapter, you need to check "Different first page." 4. Generally speaking, if your running heads will be mostly the same throughout the document (or will use a StyleRef field to pick up the chapter title), it's easier to insert their content *before* inserting the section breaks (or at least before unlinking the headers if required). Again, I refer you to these articles: http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm -- 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. "PhilB" wrote in message ... Suzanne I have been to countless sites, read countless FAQ's and various articles on this particular question. I have also been to training and forums at Microsoft Office. I download and print the articles and attempt to add the author and title, only to have it mess up the numbering. Isn't there somehwere to get a step by step to do what I want to do? Only then will I be able to determine what box I am checking or not checking, etc. I can format for page numbers, make the first page different and break the document into front and main text with different numbering system. When I try to use 'different page', etc. to add the author and title, everything gets screwed up. Contrary to what might seem obvious, I am intelligent and have a better than average vocabulary, but this thing is eluding me somehow. I'm sorry to be a pest, but I have followed whatever leads you and others have directed me to. I need a step by step, it's as simple as that. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The answer the fourth time is the same as the first, q.v. |
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