Word Doesn't Know What a Page Is by Daiya Mitchell, MVP




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If the information is on more than one page, you likely want to be using footers, perhaps using the StyleRef Field.


To have it on each page and not reflecting anything that is elsewhere typed, you probably want to use a (borderless) frame set to be at the bottom of the page.

If Word doesn't know what a page is, then why can I put in a Page Break, or Next Page section break?

If I was to replace the Page Breaks at the bottom of each page with a Section Break, could I then use a Macro to do what I am hoping to?

I think if you try to put 3000 Section breaks in a Word document it will become practically unusable. Section breaks carry a huge amount of formatting.

• What gets carried over when you start a new section?
• Working with sections by Dave Rado, MVP

If you add a page break, you tell Word to start a new page. If you add a Section break, you tell Word to start a new Section. In the absence of those, Word starts a new page during printing depending on the print parameters



There is no such thing as a page style in Word.


You can set paragraph styles for your bottom four lines.
You can use a frame as part of this style.
You can use the StyleRef field in footers to change the contents on every page.


Word is not a typewriter.
Basic Concepts of Microsoft Word - from Shauna Kelly