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Mo Lung - 20 Oct 2005 05:56 GMT

Does anyone know how to turn off page numbers in a document? I have
very large document and a while ago I did >Insert >Page Numbers. Now
know that I can seperate the document into sections and add pag
numbers into each section (i.e. no page numbers in section 1, numbere
pages in section 2, none again in section 3, etc.) However, I can'
turn off the original page numbers in order to do this.

Any ideas

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Mo Lung

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Greg - 20 Oct 2005 12:33 GMT

Insert>Page Numbers insert a {Page} field. The field code is not
normally displayed so you see a number. Just delete either the field
or the number whichever is displayed.

Then see:
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm

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Mo Lung - 21 Oct 2005 04:42 GMT

Greg Wrote:

> InsertPage Numbers insert a {Page} field. The field code is not
> normally displayed so you see a number. Just delete either the field
> or the number whichever is displayed.
>
> Then see:
> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm

Thanks Greg. The link is very useful. However, I have no idea what yo
mean in the first paragraph. Where can I delete this from? If I vie
Headers & Footers, I can't delete the number. Also, the document i
over 300 pages long - will I have to go to each page seperately

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Stefan Blom - 21 Oct 2005 10:49 GMT

If you inserted numbering via Insert>Page Numbers, Word puts the Page
field inside a frame, anchored to the header (or footer). You should
be able to select this frame and press Delete. The article at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm
explains how to do that.

To answer your final question: No, you don't have to delete the number
for each page, but you may have to do it for each section (if there is
more than one in your document).

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> Greg Wrote:
> > InsertPage Numbers insert a {Page} field. The field code is not
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm
> Thanks Greg. The link is very useful. However, I have no idea what

you

> mean in the first paragraph. Where can I delete this from? If I view
> Headers & Footers, I can't delete the number. Also, the document is
> over 300 pages long - will I have to go to each page seperately?

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Daiya Mitchell - 21 Oct 2005 10:53 GMT

> Greg Wrote:
>> InsertPage Numbers insert a {Page} field. The field code is not
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>> Then see:
>> http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm

> Thanks Greg. The link is very useful. However, I have no idea what you
> mean in the first paragraph. Where can I delete this from? If I view
> Headers & Footers, I can't delete the number. Also, the document is
> over 300 pages long - will I have to go to each page seperately?

When you view Headers/Footers, the page number is probably has a grey box
around it. You need to select and delete both that box (a frame) and the
number. You should only need to do this once, although if the document has
multiple sections, you may need to do it for each section. But certainly not
for each page.

You may need to be quite precise with the mouse to select the grey box.

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