headers with page numbers 2007

[montauklite]

I'm having a major problem with Word 2007. It seems to be much more counter-
intuitive than previous versions. What I want to do is create a header
containing text and consecutive page numbers beginning with page number #1,
STARTING ON THE THIRD PAGE OF TEXT. I have tried many different strategies
with no luck. What is the secret formula? And why should it be so difficult?
TIA Jerry H.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Either insert a Section Break before Page 3 and in the Page Format dialog,
set the numbering in that section to start at 1, or if you do not need to
have the page numbers appear in a table of contents, put the following field
construction in the header

{ IF { PAGE } > 2 { = { PAGE } - 2 } "" }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of Field Delimiters and you use
Alt+F9 to toggle of their display.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[montauklite]

Doug thank you for your quick response. You lost me with the "Field
Delimiters". BTW what language is { IF, etc.} and how would a typical
non-power Word user know that?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

The field delimiters are the { } that are inserted when you use Ctrl+F9.
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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Paula]

I'm having a major problem with Word 2007. It seems to be much more counter-
intuitive than previous versions. What I want to do is create a header
containing text and consecutive page numbers beginning with page number #1,
STARTING ON THE THIRD PAGE OF TEXT. I have tried many different strategies
with no luck. What is the secret formula? And why should it be so difficult?
TIA Jerry H.