Thread: [Solved] begin each section with page 1 in header PLUS continuous page numbering in footer
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Old 08-25-2013, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by onemorecupofcoffee View Post
Nothing is working to make this happen. The document is setup with "sections":

Section 1's header begins 1-1 and its footer count begins at 1 and this is good. This section's last page header is 1-22 and footer is 22 and this is good.

Section 2's header begins 2-1 which is good. Its footer count begins at 1 and this IS NOT good—the footer should be 23. How do I make this happen?

Section 2's header on the last page is 2-24 which is good. Its footer count is 24 and this IS NOT good—the footer should be 46. How do I make this happen?

Thanks!
Read the entire page How to control the page numbering in a Word document. You need the information on creating fields and field calculation. I do not intend to answer any further unless you tell me that you have read the entire page.

I have not used Word on a Mac since the 1990's but suspect that you can find the method for inserting a field on the Insert Tab under Quick Parts.

Your header seems to be taking care of itself.

The fields you need for your footer are the PAGE field and the SECTIONPAGES field. In each section, you need to put a SECTIONPAGES field. This will give the number of pages in the section (total).

If you do not want this number to actually show in the document, that is fine. Use font formatting to mark it as hidden.

NOTE I have been working to do a document to demonstrate this and have not been able to do so.


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Originally Posted by onemorecupofcoffee View Post
First off, I have to mention that my expertise is with InDesign and I'm not all that familiar with the features of Word. I understand that what I want to accomplish can be done, so I'm encouraged!

How do you apply the value "Number of Pages" in the footer to count sequentially throughout the entire document? I've tried every option in the "insert" menu. If you could please tell me, step-by-step, which menu option do I select?

Just so you know, in the header of each new section, I've typed the new section number with a hyphen and then inserted the PAGE value.

Thanks!
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