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Page numbering in Word 2003

Aug 30, 2005 10:20PM PDT

At our office, we have a standard practice for relatively long Word documents, whereunder:
The first page doen not carry any page number at the top, but at the bottom right hand corner, the legend 'continued on page 2' should appear.
From page 2 onwards, the page number should appear at the top centre of the page, and 'continued on page (next page number)' should appear on all pages until the last but one page of the docment.
On the last page only the page number should appear at the centre top.

Is there a simple way of doing this?

Krishnan

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(NT) (NT) Try using SECTION BREAKS.
Aug 30, 2005 10:45PM PDT
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Yes, but...
Aug 31, 2005 4:01PM PDT

Yes, I have been using Section Breaks. While using Section Breaks, however, I need to do each time for each document separately. In Word 6 for DOS (pre-windows days - no longer available), there was a readymade macro called ''(page)'' which would insert the page number at the location specified, and another macro called ''(nextpage)'' which would automatically insert the next page number at the location specified correctly, even when the pages got shuffled due to later editing. Do we have a similar macro, or field, in Word 2003? Is it possible to write a macro to suit my requirement?

Krishnan

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Yes, but ...
Aug 31, 2005 4:53PM PDT

for new documents, you could do it in the template once and for all. It would have been wise to have correct templates before creating the first documents, but that's too late now. You can, of course, even add macro's to the template that are specific for the type of document it represents.

For existing documents, you have to do it manually or with a macro in each document separately. In a macro you can do everything you can do by hand, and only you can decide how much time the two alternatives would cost. Then choose the cheapest.

Hope this helps.


Kees