As with Charles' sample document, your document has the page # formatted with a '\* roman' switch, which Word doesn't do if you use the header's page # format dialogue.



Delete the page # field, insert a new one using the 'Page Number' tool on the 'Header & Footer Tools' tab, then click on the dropdown there and use the 'Format page numbers' option to select the required format. Then exit the header and update your TOC.

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Paul Edstein
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Hi Paul,

I swear that I am using page number insert popups, I am not inventing my own page numbering.

I selected Roman 3 (right margin version), how can I go wrong?

Can you fix it in the attached document and reattach it? Thanks.

I could, but that isn't really going to be of much help to you in terms of you learning how to do it right. If you want to see a document with it done correctly, look at the corrected copy of Charles' document that I posted.

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Paul Edstein
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I repeat: I did not enter EVER, EVER \* roman.

I only clicked on Roman 3 from the page number tool.

If someone would fix it in the test document, I can copy it over to my book document.

Thanks.

Attached Files

Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella.docx (17.6 KB, 9 views)

OK, here is your document, BUT:
you cannot copy this format from one document to another.

Attached Files

Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella.docx (21.2 KB, 8 views)

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Instead of using TOP OF PAGE, Roman 3 from the page number tool,

I used FORMAT PAGE NUMBER, I, II, III, ...

Results: TOC OK, but the page number is invisible on page headers.

Document attached.

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Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella.docx (17.5 KB, 8 views)

It looks like you've deleted the page# field. Simply reinsert one with no formatting applied (eg access the header and press Ctrl-F9 and type 'PAGE' between the braces so that you end up with {PAGE}, then press F9 to update.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

CTRL F9 does not do anything.

I have the Microsoft ergonomic keyboard (split in the middle).

What did you have selected when you pressed Ctrl-F9? The keyboard style is of no consequence.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

After removing the page number and inserting it again, just before getting a nervous breakdown over it, it started working.

The code reads as: { PAGE \* ROMAN \* MERGEFORMAT }

Thanks all for the help.