Removing Sections from headers and footers

Tonks811 · #1 01-16-2016, 07:37 AM

I have somehow created sections on a long document so that when i put automatic page numbers down they go all to pot ie same numbers or resetting the start point. Can someone help me remove the sections as they are not needed.

Charles Kenyon · #2 01-16-2016, 10:42 AM

They may or may not be needed. Running the following macro will make the page numbering continuous.

Code:

Sub ContinuousPageNumbers()
' Jay Freedman
' http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-word/page-numbers-are-all-fouled-up-in-my-large/d188687e-9663-43e0-a450-1dbadc47f09f#last
    Dim secNum As Long
    With ActiveDocument
        For secNum = 2 To .Sections.Count
            .Sections(secNum).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
                 .PageNumbers.RestartNumberingAtSection = False
        Next
    End With
End Sub

See Installing Macros if you need help on how to use the macro.

Section changes can be for columns, page orientation, or margins changes. Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word 2007-2013

gmayor · #3 01-16-2016, 10:30 PM

Note that headers and footers don't have sections. Sections have headers and footers.
Using the replace function (CTRL+H) to replace ^b with nothing will remove all the section breaks, but try it on a copy of your document or you could quickly discover why the section breaks were included.

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