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Yep, that worked. Thanks for pointing out the obvious to me! - Joel
On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi, Joel :-)
>
> > I'm on XP, Office 07. In Word, I have a document with 3 sections, the
> first
> > has a portrait orientation, the second landscape, the third portrait
> again.
> > The page numbering resets at the second section even though the footer
> where
> > it is located has "Link to Previous" on.
> > I have tried numerous things to get the page numbering to continue, but
> > can't seem to get it to work. What do I need to do???
>
> "Link to Previous" means "use the content and layout of the previous
> footer". However, page numbers are their own field, and unless told
> differently, merrily continue using the previous setting.
>
> Open the page number field in the second section and tick the
> "continue numbering" option. That *should* work.
>
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