Header: changing location of page numbers

[Steve Fox]

I have an existing document, divided into sections, with a satisfactory
header arrangement. Now comes the problem. I have inserted sections in
front of the existing document for which I need identical headers. I
have located the page numbers in the header/outside. But when I open
the new header, there is a dotted rectangle that does not match my
margins, and the page number appears to the far right of that
rectangle. I need to have it match the right margin and an find no way
to do that. Apparently Word X allows you to copy a previous header, but
not one that follows.

Any suggestions?

 

[John McGhie [MVP]]

Copy the section break *following* where the good headers start, and paste
it as the FIRST section break in the document.

You can then set all the remaining headers and footers to "Same as
Previous".

Once you have done that, you can delete the pasted section break.

All page properties, including headers and footers, are stored in the
section break FOLLOWING the text to which it applies. If there isn't a
section break there, PUT one there: it will adopt the headers and footers
from the hidden default section break at the end of the document. Set that
to NOT "Same as Previous". Then copy it

Hope this helps

I have an existing document, divided into sections, with a satisfactory
header arrangement. Now comes the problem. I have inserted sections in
front of the existing document for which I need identical headers. I
have located the page numbers in the header/outside. But when I open
the new header, there is a dotted rectangle that does not match my
margins, and the page number appears to the far right of that
rectangle. I need to have it match the right margin and an find no way
to do that. Apparently Word X allows you to copy a previous header, but
not one that follows.

Any suggestions?

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