Re: Word page numbering problem

Subject: Re: Word page numbering problem
From: "SEIGLER, Sherri" <sseigler -at- SHL -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 09:29:24 -0500

John,
I used the "button" on the Header/Footer toolbar. It looked great on
the screen, nice and pretty 2 of 70, 3 of 70, but when it printed, it
printed the 2 of 1, 3 of 1, etc.

Sherri Seigler
Still Titleless
MCI Systemhouse

>Greetings!
>
>I'm assuming that the 1 of 16 header thingee (it's a technical term) is
>using fields in both the page number and total number of pages.
>
>I opened a new document in Word97 and tried the "1 of 16" header thingee,
>and it seemed to work fine. I used two fields: page number and total number
>of pages. Both these buttons are on the Header/Footer toolbar. You can also
>find these fields in the Fields command in the Insert menu.
>
>It's possible that the field has become corrupted and you'd have to recreate
>the header completely.
>
>Are you using sections? If so, you might want to check the type of field
>that is being used in the header.
>
>--
>Be seeing you,
>
>Dave
>---
>jdavid -at- farabi -dot- com
>Lone Writer at Farabi Technology Corp.
>Montreal, Quebec
>
>4000+ readers? I Am Drunk With Power! <maniacal laughter>
>---
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Technical Writers List; for all Technical Communication issues
>> [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU]On Behalf Of SEIGLER, Sherri
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 09:53
>> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> Subject: Re: Word page numbering problem
>>
>>
>> If someone has a solution to this problem, please post it as I ran into
>> with a 70 page document.
>>
>> Sherri Seigler
>> Titleless right now
>> MCI Systemhouse
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Speear Pearl [SMTP:pspeear -at- TRIPLE-P -dot- NL]
>> >Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 5:27 AM
>> >To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> >Subject: Re: Word page numbering problem
>> >
>> >Rahel wrote:
>> >I've been given a document in Word 97 that is 16 pages long. The header
>> >has been tagged with automatic page numbering (1 of 16, 2 of 16, etc.).
>> >Upon opening the document, the page numbering reads 1 of 1, 2 of 1, and
>> >so on, until I highlight the tag and press F9. However, once I save and
>> >close, the page numbering reverts to "1 of 1, 2 of 1". I've looked
>> >through every menu I could find but can't seem to find a way to change
>> >this.
>> >
>> >Has anyone else had this problem, or know how to fix it? I tried to
>> >check the archives but the search engine didn't want to co-operate with
>> >me today.
>> >
>> >------------------------------------
>> >Rahel,
>> >
>> >I have the same problem with a Word document which I merged with another
>> >document (from Excel). I wasn't the original author of the Word document
>> >either,
>> >but I couldn't find anything odd in it. Before the merge, the
>> page numbering
>> >was
>> >correct, but after the merge the numbering read "1 of 1", "2 of
>> 1", etc. I
>> >still
>> >haven't solved the problem.
>> >
>> >Pearl Speear
>> >Technical writer
>> >The Netherlands.
>> >
>> ^&^&^&^~~~
>> >
>> >
>>
>> &^&^&^~~~
>>
>>
>
>
>




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