How do I number a page intended to be blank

[Nick B]

Hello

I am creating a manual. It happens to be in A5 and landscape but I do not think this affects the question, but just in case.



I need each new section to start on an Odd page and using section Break (Odd Page) to make that happen. However, I would like the blank even page to be numbered as well, is this possible?

I have tried a variety of mixing up page and section breaks to no avail.

Thank you.

[Charles Kenyon]

As a final part of your editing, you need to go before the section breaks that appear on an odd-numbered page, where you will skip from page 15 to 17 without a page 16 and add a manual page break before the odd-page section break. That will generate the blank page with the header or footer with the page number. You may want to type "This page intentionally blank" on the new page.

[Guessed]

There is no simple way to do this but it is theoretically possible to nest fields and insert those in front of every heading where you want to start a new odd page. This requires you to NOT use the odd-page section breaks.

See http://word.tips.net/T001560_Startin...red_Pages.html for the basic principle.

Note that the code on that page has an extra field closing tag and should appear like
{IF {=MOD({PAGE},2)}=0 "<hard page break>" ""}

FWIW, I haven't had much luck with this method and continuously needed to update fields and ended up writing a macro to do the job. You may have more luck.

[macropod]

Originally Posted by Guessed

Note that the code on that page has an extra field closing tag and should appear like
{IF {=MOD({PAGE},2)}=0 "<hard page break>" ""}

Or you could use a field coded as:
{IF{=MOD({PAGE},2)}=0 {QUOTE 12}}

Originally Posted by Guessed

FWIW, I haven't had much luck with this method and continuously needed to update fields and ended up writing a macro to do the job. You may have more luck.

The most you should need to do is ensure Word's 'update fields before printing' option is checked. Ctrl-A, F9 will likewise update all fields and adjust the pagination.

[Nick B]

Thank you all for your replies! Charles yours worked but I've noted all others and when I gain confidence I may give those a try, at the moment the concept of Field Codes etc is way above my head!