How can I eliminate page numbering in an MS Word document?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, in fairness to Doug, what he supplied was not "code" but a field. For
people accustomed to creating fields, it is really quite a simple one, and
he did provide complete instructions for constructing it (which would be
unnecessary for those accustomed to creating fields "by hand"). If you use
the Insert Page Number button to insert the { PAGE } field, you really only
have to insert one field using Ctrl+F9 and then type everything else inside
it.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Giny]

Although I can see the benifits of the tip, I find it rather complex
to achieve such a simple thing. The following combination of fields
should just as well achieve what is required:

{ IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = { PAGE } - 3 } }

If your page number is less than 5, don't display anything, otherwise,
display your page number minus 3 (so 5 becomes 2, 6 3, ...)

Do not enter the brackets yourself, enter them by using CTRL+F9:

1)Type CTRL+F9. (results in { })
2)Type IF between the brackets followed by CTRL+F9. (results in { IF
{ } })
3)Type PAGE between the inner brackets and "< 5" right of the inner
brackets. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5})
4)Add the "". (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 ""})
5)Type CTRL+F9. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { } })
6)Type '='. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = } })
7)Type CTRL+F9. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = { } } })
8)Type PAGE between the last added brackets followed by - 3 after the
brackets. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = { PAGE } - 3 } })

Yves

 

[Giny]

Inadvertently I programed the first chapter of a dissertation to have page 1
identified in the header rather than the footer. I am using Vista and MS Word
2007. How may I reverse the programming?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Open the header view. Select and cut (Ctrl+X) the entry from the header,
switch to the footer and paste it there (CTRL+V)

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[Keith]

How can I eliminate page numbering in an MS Word document? Using the
"Insert" drop down menu, then "Page Numbering", offers a number of ways to
edit page numbers, but I don't see a way to eliminate them from a document
once inserted.
Thanks.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Double-click the page number in the header (or footer); this activates the
header/footer view. Then select and delete the page number that you want to
get rid of.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also, if it was inserted via Insert | Page Numbers, it will be in a frame,
and you need to be careful to delete the entire frame to avoid the
"wandering frame" problem discussed in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

Good point.

Having text boundaries displayed in Word makes it easier to see such page
number frames.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I find myself absolutely at sea when I open a copy of Word that doesn't have
both nonprinting characters and text boundaries displayed. Those are the two
changes I make immediately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

Yes, I feel the same. Previously I imagined that nonprinting marks were more
important to me, but I'm gradually realizing that I'm highly dependent on
text boundaries as well.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think I'm more dependent on text boundaries than on nonprinting
characters, which I usually turn off when I'm proofreading (but flip back on
to confirm suspected cases of extra spaces and the like). I do wish, though,
that there were a similarly simple toggle for text boundaries; someone
inquired about that recently (wanting to add it to the QAT in Word 2007),
and I hadn't thought about it till then, but I would appreciate that button.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

I'd like a QAT button for Paragraph Marks. I have them (and Tabs)
always on (but not the other Non-Printing Characters), but they
interfere considerably when dealing with tables. Especially since the
Paragraph Mark coding is used in some non-roman fonts for actual
letters, so they appear in the cells rather than faint circles.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The following macro applied to a button will toggle the text boundaries

Sub Boundaries()
With ActiveWindow.View
.ShowTextBoundaries = Not .ShowTextBoundaries
End With
End Sub


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[Graham Mayor]

The following will toggle paragraphs and tabs display. If you only want
paragraph marks toggled, remove the tabs line

Sub ShowParasAndTabs()
With ActiveWindow.View
.ShowTabs = Not .ShowTabs
.ShowParagraphs = Not .ShowParagraphs
End With
End Sub

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I'd like a QAT button for Paragraph Marks. I have them (and Tabs)
always on (but not the other Non-Printing Characters), but they
interfere considerably when dealing with tables. Especially since the
Paragraph Mark coding is used in some non-roman fonts for actual
letters, so they appear in the cells rather than faint circles.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks, Graham.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Thank you ... now, this is weird!! As soon as I put the title of the
new macro, "ShowParas," into the box for the title of the new macro, a
pre-written macro appeared in the box at the bottom, and all I had to
do was OK it!

The same, however, did not happen when I tried to make another one for
ShowTabs. I had to paste Graham's six lines and delete the
ShowParagraphs one.

And unfortunately there aren't any ideal icons in the available
collection ... I used the green right-pointing triangle for Paras and
the fat blue right-pointing arrow for Tabs.

So, is there a bunch of ready-to-go macros sitting somewhere, such
that if one only knows their name, one can just pop them into use?

 

[Greg Maxey]

Actually is is "ShowPara" and it is a built-in Word command. For whatever
reason there is not, or a least doesn't appear to be, a built-in Word
command for ShowTab.

So, is there a bunch of ready-to-go macros sitting somewhere, such
that if one only knows their name, one can just pop them into use?

They are called built-in Word commands and the list is available using the
Macro dialog/Macros in dropdown.

You can add practically any icon to the QAT
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Ribbon_Custom_Icons.htm

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

?! But a couple of items in that list are things that people posted
special macros for me for! (BibliographyCitationtoText,
BibliographytoText -- when the commands in the respective frames
ceased working for me.)

There's also one called "Create Bibliography from Sel." ??

(As for making new buttons, as you say on that page, "difficult and
complex." Though now I know why I have a "Custom UI Editor" folder on
my desktop. Left over from a previous time you referenced this
procedure.)