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Odd / even section breaks
Hello,
Can you please help me in figuring out how odd/even section breaks work and what you need them for. So I'm reading on MS support: Quote:
(I used to think you used them to make footers/headers different for odd/even pages but no, you actually do it by checking the "Different Odd & Even Pages" option on the Header/Footer menu.) Okay, let's imagine you can make use of this behavior once in a while. But it's NOT working for me like described. When I insert an odd page section break, for example, all it does is re-number the document and skips the even page, basically breaking the numbering in the document. So the page numbers go like that: Quote:
Am I doing something wrong? Your help will be very appreciated. Thanks! |
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If you have restarted page numbering in a section, and then add a section break, the restart option (as well as other page number settings) will be inherited by the new section. Change the option as follows: Click in the affected section and then click Insert tab | Page Number | Format Page Numbers. Select "Continue from previous section" and click OK.
Note that with restarted page numbers, "filler" pages may not be added correctly. To fix this, enable "Different odd and even" (headers and footers) and/or "Mirror margins" in Page Setup.
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Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Microsoft 365 apps for business Windows 11 Professional |
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It is acting exactly as described. If you print pages 3-5 you will find that you get three pages from your printer, and the one between pages 3 and 5 will be blank.
Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word 2007-2013 This behavior is disconcerting, I know. It is intended for printing on both sides of the page. There are work-arounds to give you a page number (or header/footer) on page 4 if you need it. |
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