BACKGROUND: OS Windows 2000 Pro, MS Word 2002. Have manuscript of about 200
pages typed on Two columns, landscape, on 8-1/2 x 11 sheet (100 sheets);
that is, Two pages on 1 sheet. I need to number sequentially 1-200. MS Word,
incomprehensibly, does not provide the "how to" do it, neither a 1,300+page
Word Manual. Instructions received from one expert failed, as explained
below.

RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVED: With the header/footer toolbar displayed, insert
the following fields for the smaller and larger number (understood as being
the left- and right-hand side column or page): Ctrl+F9. That will insert
field braces. Inside the braces, click on the Page Number button to insert a
{PAGE} field. Then, add text so that the field looks like this
{={PAGE}*2-1}. Following the same procedure, format a field to look like
this (assumed to mean: "format a field on the right-hand side column or
page"): {={PAGE}*2}.

MY RESULTS: Assuming the "click on the Page Number button" meant the "Insert
Page Number" button on the header/footer toolbar, and that the two outside
braces are to be added manually, the result is a "Syntax Error" line on both
the left- and the right-hand side. I further experimented with inserting all
entries inside the {PAGE} field: same result, as well other attempts.

CONCLUSION: It is evident that somehow a step is missing in the
recommendations, that I am not following the exact meaning of them, or
that...Word just does not like what I am doing.

I have detailed the procedures in the event the same expert who attempted to
help may be so kind as to test on own computer and to complete the
instructions or clarify what I am doing inconsistent with the directions.

Thanks!
Sanvi