[Stefan Blom[_3_]]

Very good question. Unless the page numbers should be in, say, the left and
right margins, text boxes won't be necessary. Using paragraph alignment or tab
stops for more precision, or "Two pages per sheet," would do the trick; you are
quite right.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Why use text boxes instead of just aligning the fields left and right in the
page footer?

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message ...

Create two text boxes which are anchored to the page header. Drag one text box
so that it displays at the bottom of the left "page" and drag the other box so
that it displays at the bottom of the "right" page. Clear the borders as
appropriate.

In the left text box, enter the following field code:

{ = 2*{ PAGE } - 1 }

In the right text box, you'll need:

{ = 2*{ PAGE } }

To insert each pair of field delimiters, { }, press Ctrl+F9. Type in the code
as
shown above.

You can update the fields by switching to Print Preview (the Backstage view in
Word 2010) and back to your previous view; you can use Ctrl+F2 followed by
ESC.

Note that these calculated page numbers won't be reflected in an automatic
table
of contents.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP





"HowardC" wrote in message
...

I am using Microsoft word and have set up two columns per page. I would
like to number the first page page on the left as 1 at the bottom and
the page on the right as 2, the next page on the left to be 3 and the
one on the right to be 4 etc

It would be appreciated if someone could advise me on how to set this up




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HowardC