Thread: [Solved] Continuous pagination question...help!
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Old 08-15-2012, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by WatchDog View Post
Hi everybody.

First post here.

I'm just about to submit my doctoral thesis for binding, and I'm having trouble numbering the pages according to their specs.

Here's what the document needs to look like:

(The Introductory section uses lower-case Roman numerals)

Page 1: counted, but no number appears.

Page 2: not counted, and no number appears.

Page 3: not counted, and no number appears.

Page 4: number ii must appear in the header

Page 5: number iii must appear in the header

Page 6: number iv must appear in the header

Page 7 (here, the document switches to Arabic numerals): counted, but no number appears.

Page 8: number 2 must appear in the header (etc.)

*All pages from here numbered, except for...

Page 301 (last page): no number appears

Is this even possible to do in one file?

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Also, if you do have a solution, please explain it as you would to a 5 year old who has never seen a computer before.

Thank you!
Sorry. I don't have the ability to explain at 5-yr old level. You get 10.

First you did well putting everything in one document.

Second, work with a copy of your document until you get it right.

Third, read How to set up a document with front matter numbered separately. Don't do anything in your document yet.

Fourth, read How to Control Page Numbering in Microsoft Word by Bill Coan, MVP. Don't do anything in your document yet.

Fifth, skim through Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word 97-2003

To understand how page numbering works in a document like you have, you have to know something about Sections in Word. It is at the section break that you can restart page numbering or change its appearance.

Each section in Word can have up to three different headers and/or footers. In addition, the StyleRef field can change the appearance of a header or footer without changing the header or footer.

I hope this helps.
Last edited by Charles Kenyon; 08-15-2012 at 12:10 PM. Reason: Change links to 2003 versions.
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