RE: Does MSWord's "Total Page # code" suck?

["RUBOTTOM, AL" <ARUBOTTOM -at- SENSORMATIC -dot- COM>]

It used to be you'd repaginate/recompose the doc by paging from top to
bottom of the doc [Ctl-End?], and then back to top again too maybe?, to make
Word repaginate -- i.e., rejigger all its page-codes... haven't used Word to
do big docs in years, so canna promise this is still true, but seems
logical, eh?  try it! 
You can also turn on/off auto repaginating, or used to be... which can be a
drag in to leave turned on in a big doc, since every edit or move forces a
repag, but in shorter docs you'll see the correct page numbers, which can be
helpful -- but it's not a big prob if'n you recompose oncet in a while to
git it likkered up.
[haven't loaded up my Office/Wird 2000 git-up yet, so's I kin't say as how I
know how the new boy rides...]
yeehaw,
Al-billy-bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ron Rhodes [SMTP:RRhodes -at- fourthchannel -dot- com]
> Sent:	Thursday, March 02, 2000 7:23 AM
> To:	TECHWR-L
> Subject:	Does MSWord's "Total Page # code" suck?
> 
> Does the total page # code in MS Word suck (Word 2000)?  Or am I
> completely
> dense? If it's the latter, please don't hesitate in saying so -- it won't
> be
> the last time.
> 
> I inserted a "total page number code" in the footer so it reads "Page 10
> of
> 96"  It looks just fine on my screen.  But when I print a page, the footer
> reads "Page 10 of 10," or "Page 20 of 20," etc.  The total page number
> code
> only reads the page that I am printing.
> 
> So, I tried going into Tool, Options, Print Tab.  I checked Update Fields
> and Update Links, and Background Printing ---> no luck.  I have had this
> problem before in Word 97.  But I don't remember how I fixed it.  
>