Can't reorder pages in Publishing Layout!

[sv650kd]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Intel

I found this tip in Help:

"Tip: To change the order of pages, click a page thumbnail in the navigation pane and drag it up or down to another position in the page sequence."

But when I tried it, nothing happened. I got the pointy finger instead of the grabby hand, and it just slid over the thumbnails.

I'm a little frantic because I'm working on an 80 page book with recipes and text, and we won't know what order they're going to be in until we see where things fall vis-a-vis odd versus even pages.

 

[John McGhie]

You must be in Publishing Layout View for that to work.

I never bother with that: I use Outline View, which enables you to drag
headings around and move the text under them as well.

Hope this helps

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Intel

I found this tip in Help:

"Tip: To change the order of pages, click a page thumbnail in the navigation
pane and drag it up or down to another position in the page sequence."

But when I tried it, nothing happened. I got the pointy finger instead of the
grabby hand, and it just slid over the thumbnails.

I'm a little frantic because I'm working on an 80 page book with recipes and
text, and we won't know what order they're going to be in until we see where
things fall vis-a-vis odd versus even pages.

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Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[sv650kd]

I was in Publishing Layout View!

But oddly, when I reopened the document today, the reordering worked exactly as described.

 

[John McGhie]

Hmmm.... Let us know if it happens again, please.

Publishing Layout View is a little flaky.

BTW: If you are working in Publishing Layout View, you really need to tell
us: it kinda turns the world upside down in Word ...

I was in Publishing Layout View!

But oddly, when I reopened the document today, the reordering worked exactly
as described.

--

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Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]

 

[sv650kd]

BTW: If you are working in Publishing Layout View, you really need to tell us: it kinda turns the world upside down in Word ...

I don't want to sound ungrateful, John, but the title of my post is:

"Can't reorder pages in Publishing Layout!"

Thanks for your help, and I will return to this spot if the problem returns.

 

[John McGhie]

{Giggle} Sorry about that. Old and blind

I don't want to sound ungrateful, John, but the title of my post is:

"Can't reorder pages in Publishing Layout!"

Thanks for your help, and I will return to this spot if the problem returns.

--

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Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia. mailto:[email protected]