consecutive numbering across docs

[Lucia]

I am having problems numbering pages consecutively across
documents.

E.g chapter 1 goes from pgs 1-5, how can I get ch2 to
start at pg6 without changing the format of the pg
number, but getting it to read the last page of the
previous chpater so that is ch1 changes to 3 pages, ch2
will start on pg4.

Any help gratefully received.

 

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Lucia

See http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/MiscFram.htm under the heading "Continuous Page Numbering across separate files"

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
Melbourne, Australia

 

[Lucia]

Thanks Shauna, I had found this page previously, but I
cant seem to get the fields/syntax to work. This is the
instruction. Is the charformat whrer I am going wrong?
I havent created anything with this name - I had assumed
it 'existi' in word already.

Thasnk agian, Lucia

-----------
Continuous Page Numbering across separate files
As many of us have experienced, the Master Document
feature in Word is simply not stable enough to rely on
for working with large documents. If you must manage a
large document as separate files, there are some tricks
you can use. For example, using a couple of fields, you
can create consecutive page numbering across multiple
files:

At the end of the first document insert a PAGE field;
select it.
Format the field as "hidden".
Place the field in a bookmark (Word 6/95: Edit/Bookmark;
Word97 and later: Insert/Bookmark).
Save this file; open the next file.
In the header or footer, where the page number should
appear, insert the following set of fields:
{ = { PAGE} + { INCLUDETEXT "C:\\My Book\\Chap1.doc"
Chap1Pages
\* CharFormat \! } }
Repeat the steps for each document in sequence.
Discussion: The INCLUDETEXT field can reference any
document, and any bookmark within a document. Be sure to
place the document path in "double-quotes", and to use
double-backslashes. The bookmark name follows the path
(Chap1Pages, in the above example). The \* CharFormat
switch forces the field result to be formatted with the
font settings in the target document, rather than bring
the formatting with it (otherwise the result would
be "hidden"). The \! switch prevents the PAGE field
within the bookmark from updating to reflect the context
in the target document.
--------------------




Any further tips?

-----Original Message-----
Hi Lucia

See

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/MiscFram.htm
under the heading "Continuous Page Numbering across
separate files"