ChatterBank2 mins ago
Page numbers in Word
How simple should this be! But something has gone wildly wrong and I can't see what!
Got a 24 page Word document. It was 23 pages, I needed extra page so copied a page in, got the whole 24 pages to look like I wanted then added the page numbers via the insert page number bit. Everything fine upto page 17, this being where i inserted the new page. I now have 2 page 17's before the rest of the numbers carry on. Does same with H & F
I'm sure this new page is the culprit but as experienced as I am (!) I cannot see how to get pages 1-24 added correctly! Any help much appreciated.
Got a 24 page Word document. It was 23 pages, I needed extra page so copied a page in, got the whole 24 pages to look like I wanted then added the page numbers via the insert page number bit. Everything fine upto page 17, this being where i inserted the new page. I now have 2 page 17's before the rest of the numbers carry on. Does same with H & F
I'm sure this new page is the culprit but as experienced as I am (!) I cannot see how to get pages 1-24 added correctly! Any help much appreciated.
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I hate Microsoft Word, precisely because it's always doing things like that!
While I'm sure that there must be a 'proper' solution, my experience of such matters is that it's usually simpler to start again. i.e. create a new blank 24 page document (with page numbering) and then copy and paste the text from the original document.
That (extremely basic) method might take a few minutes of your time (especially if you've also got headers and footers to copy across) but it will probably still be a lot quicker than hours of mucking about seeking a 'proper' solution.
Chris
While I'm sure that there must be a 'proper' solution, my experience of such matters is that it's usually simpler to start again. i.e. create a new blank 24 page document (with page numbering) and then copy and paste the text from the original document.
That (extremely basic) method might take a few minutes of your time (especially if you've also got headers and footers to copy across) but it will probably still be a lot quicker than hours of mucking about seeking a 'proper' solution.
Chris
your problem is copy and paste - paste takes all formatting with it - which can mess things up
documents are normally just written - so pages are added automatically - and that's where you are "fighting the system"
create your document use ctrl+enter to insert a native page and then paste into it .... repeat 24 times
(if you want to save re-formatting time - use paste special to insert plain text ... and then use your own layout)
documents are normally just written - so pages are added automatically - and that's where you are "fighting the system"
create your document use ctrl+enter to insert a native page and then paste into it .... repeat 24 times
(if you want to save re-formatting time - use paste special to insert plain text ... and then use your own layout)
Thanks for that. I solved it yesterday and a big lesson learnt! By coying and pasting to create a new page I created a section break and by deleting the section break the page numbers sorted themselves out. Section breaks were new to me - I know all about them now though! Thanks both for your replies.
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