Using Insert | Page Numbers is not recommended for any but the simplest
documents, and never when you will have other text in the header/footer.
This command inserts the page number in a frame at the top or bottom of the
page, anchored to the header or footer. To remove it, View | Header and
Footer, select the frame, and delete it (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...lyIndented.htm for more on
this). Then insert the page numbers where you want them, as part of the
header or footer. For more on headers and footers, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"alex gross" wrote in message
m...
I'd be grateful if some of you could tell me what I am doing wrong with my
page numbers in WORD 2003. I am ending up with page numbers at BOTH the
top and the bottom of a long book manuscript with many separate sections.
I obviously don't want them in BOTH places & would prefer to have them at
the bottom, out of the way of my headers. This could be because I
originally inserted page numbers from the INSERT/Page numbers command but
am now using headers, though I haven't so far used any of the page
numbering features of headers & footers.
Also, some of my chapter titles as headers are printing over the page
numbers, making a mess of both.
I expect the answer is simple, & my problem is due to my just beginning
this long formatting task & not having yet digested all the rules. But
any help you could provide could save me a lot of time.
Thanks in advance!
alex