Printing X of Y on sequential pages

[cmosby]

We use Word generated forms where I work. These are paginated ___ of ___ and when printed, we have to manually enter the x and y values for all pages. I'm looking for some way to automate this. I know I could open 30 copies of the form and do it that way but what I'd really like is the ability to open one copy of the form, tell Word to print the document 30 times, for example, and have each page numbered 1 of 30, 2 of 30, etc. Is there any easy way to accomplish this? I'm not scared of a little coding.

[JimP]

Try inserting the Page X of Y building block (at your insert point of your form) from the INSERT ribbon / "Quick Parts" drop down menu / "Building Blocks Organizer" and scroll down to Page X of Y and highlight your selection then click on the "Insert" option at the lower end of the menu.

Hope this helps...

[Charles Kenyon]

This is NOT a page x of y problem since there is really only one page.

The simple way is to have your form with a Page X of Y footer and have the 30 pages. You could do this by having the first line of your form formatted to have page break before and selecting the entire page except the last paragraph mark. Insert a bookmark with a name. Then at the end of the page have 30 REF fields cross-referenced to the bookmark. For instance, I named the bookmark "tester" and then pressed Ctrl-F9 to insert a field. I type the bookmark name of tester. It looks like { tester }. I then copy and paste that field for the desired number of pages (29 fields). When I go to print, I have 30 pages and the page x of y footer gives the correct count.

This will give you your 30 pages but if you change anything on that first page it will be reflected in the other pages.

[Charles Kenyon]

If you wanted to, you could create a userform to get the number you want and insert that number of fields. Seems like overkill to me but it would make it something someone else could do without understanding the fields.

[JimP]

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

This is NOT a page x of y problem since there is really only one page.

Boy, did that ever fly right over my head!! Misread so bad...

[Charles Kenyon]

Originally Posted by JimP

Boy, did that ever fly right over my head!! Misread so bad...

Given the title of the question, it is understandable.