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Word 2007 Appendices Numbering Problem

Mar 22, 2011 7:08PM PDT

Hi there, I have a big problem and I need it solved by Thursday because the deadline for the PhD thesis is on Friday!

Sometime ago, I followed some instructions online in order to make Heading 7 show up as Appendices. As a result, it automates my Appendices (e.g. Appendix A, B, C, D and so on).

However, I think this problem has something to do with page breaks because my Appendix A works perfectly fine and my page numbers appear as A-1 to A-6. The problem starts when I go to Appendix B (which appears as Appendix A as well, i.e. 2 Appendix A in my document), the page numbers and heading show up as A also! It should be noted that the page numbering is once again perfect - however, when I force the Appendix numbering to change by clicking on "Set Numbering Value", and I change it to B, the whole pagination system is off.

i) my first Appendix A now has page numbers that are preceded by F (F-1,F-2, etc)
ii) my Appendix B (now fixed) also has page numbers that continue from the previous F numbering (F-7,F-8, etc) even though I unclicked the "Link to Previous Section" and also made sure to insert a "Next Page" page break.

I have similar problems throughout my entire appendices A-J, but if someone can help me with this I will try to apply it to the rest by myself, thank you so much!

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Re: appendices numbering
Mar 22, 2011 7:13PM PDT

Do you use separate sections for separate appendices? Each section in MS Word (I assume that's the program you use, although it could be Open Office Writer just as well, of course, you didn't tell) has it own parameters for page numbering.

When all else fails, make each appendix a separate document. You won't see that when it's printed. Merging pdf's is possible also quite well, in case the whole thesis needs to be one pdf-file for an online datastore.

Kees

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Sorry, you did mention Word 2007 in your subject line.
Mar 22, 2011 7:15PM PDT

So please forget about the OO remark. All else still is applicable.


Kees