is is possible to simply number pages in Word?

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HHB - 06 Feb 2007 15:06 GMT

I have been using Word 2003 for years, and, for the most part, I consider
myself an expert in it. But I'll be gosh darned if I can figure out how to
format [expletive deleted] headers and footers.

Now that I've got that off my chest. I'm trying to page number a document
with three pages (1st page without number). My second page will not show as
page #2. But my third page will show as page 3. My second page says it's
Header-Section-1. My third page says its First Page Header -Section-2 .
I've tried relinking the 2nd page to page 1 but I can't because the "save as
previous" icon is grayed out.

How do I delete the 2nd page header, or otherwise set up my headers so that
all pages following page one are numbered?

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Lene Fredborg - 06 Feb 2007 18:18 GMT

This article explains how to control page numbers:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/PageNumbering.htm

About what you are currently experiencing:
Since your document has two sections, you have a section break on page 2 -
is this on purpose (e.g. because you have different columns, page orientation
or margins in the two sections)?

Since your header in Section 2 says "First Page Header…", Section 2 is
defined to have a different first page (most likely because your Section 1 is
defined to have a different first page - this setting is inherited by Section
2).

The reason why your header on page 2 cannot be set to "same as previous" is
that page 2 belongs to Section 1 - "Same as previous" can never be used in
Section 1 because there is no previous section to link to.

To correct your page numbering, try this:
First turn on formatting marks to that you can see non-printing characters.

1. Go to the header on page 3, Ctrl+A to select all, Ctrl+C to copy.

2. Go to the header on page 2, Ctrl+A to select all, Ctrl+V to paste. Delete
the superfluous empty paragraph at the bottom of the header.

3. If you have no reason for having two sections, go to the header on page 3
and make sure that "Same as previous" is turned _off_. Then delete the
section break on page 2.

Or

If you need the section break, go to page 3 and turn off "Different first
page" and remember to select "This section" in the "Apply to" list (via File

> Page Setup > Layout tab).

Hopefully, this will help you bring your page numbering back on track.

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Lene Fredborg
DocTools - Denmark
www.thedoctools.com
Document automation - add-ins, macros and templates for Microsoft Word

> I have been using Word 2003 for years, and, for the most part, I consider
> myself an expert in it. But I'll be gosh darned if I can figure out how to
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> How do I delete the 2nd page header, or otherwise set up my headers so that
> all pages following page one are numbered?

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HHB - 08 Feb 2007 14:33 GMT

This is a document I inherited. So I am not interested in starting from
scratch. When I tried your suggestion Lene, all that happened was that my
second page was then numbered three - so that I had 2 pages numbered three. I
then went into Outline view to delete the page 2 section break but there
wasn't one?! So I deleted the break for page 3 instead--- and that did the
trick.

Thank you for getting me on track.

P.S. I hope the next version of Word is more intuitive than this.

> This article explains how to control page numbers:
> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/PageNumbering.htm
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> > How do I delete the 2nd page header, or otherwise set up my headers so that
> > all pages following page one are numbered?

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CyberTaz - 06 Feb 2007 18:24 GMT

If you simply want page 1 with no numbering to appear & have pages 2-3
display those respective numbers you do *not* need section breaks.

If you were starting from scratch;

In File>Page Setup - Layout, put a check in the box for "Different First
Page". Then go to the second page's Header/Footer & insert the page number
field.

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HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

>I have been using Word 2003 for years, and, for the most part, I consider
> myself an expert in it. But I'll be gosh darned if I can figure out how
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> all pages following page one are numbered?

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