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Jackk - 14 Jan 2004 00:15 GMT

I've used the auto text 'page X of Y' for many years and never had an
problems. Just recently I've noticed that whereas on screen th
numbers appear to be correct (e.g., on a 2-page document, I get 'Page
of 2' on page 1 and 'Page 2 of 2' on page 2), but when I print, on pag
1 I get 'Page 1 of 1'. I tried longer documents and it seems tha
somehow the total number of pages ("Y") is actually equal to th
"X"--even though on screen everything looks fine.
The documents in questions dont' have any sections, just plai
documents... and I haven't installed any additional printer!

I'd appreciate very much any suggestions, as I've run out of ideas!

Thanks!!!

Jac

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACTERS FROM EMAIL ADDRESS - 14 Jan 2004 08:53 GMT

Hi Jack,

This is something that appears to have been broken by one of the security
patches.

See the article ?Page X of Y displays or prints as Page 1 of 1, Page 2 of 2
etc.? at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm

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- 16 Jan 2004 03:10 GMT

You've got the page X of Y bug from a security update and
as far as I know Microsoft have no fix for it. One work-
around you could try is to select "reverse print order"
in the Print / Options dialogue box.
Graham

>-----Original Message-----
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>I've used the auto text 'page X of Y' for many years and

never had any

>problems. Just recently I've noticed that whereas on

screen the

>numbers appear to be correct (e.g., on a 2-page

document, I get 'Page 1

>of 2' on page 1 and 'Page 2 of 2' on page 2), but when I

print, on page

>1 I get 'Page 1 of 1'. I tried longer documents and it

seems that

>somehow the total number of pages ("Y") is actually

equal to the

>"X"--even though on screen everything looks fine.
>The documents in questions dont' have any sections, just

plain

>documents... and I haven't installed any additional printer!
>
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Jackk - 16 Jan 2004 22:05 GMT

I would like to thank you very much for you help! I switched into Prin
Previe and back as well as I cleared the check box for Backgroun
Printing--and lo and behold, it prints correctly! And by the way--yes
a couple of weeks ago I did update MS Word.

Jac

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