How do I put header and not page number on first page?

[K McDonald]

I need to set up a document (no section breaks) with the header the same on
every page and start numbering on the second page. When I uncheck "number
first page" in the footer, it also deletes the header from the first page.
I've tried inserting the footer/page number and then the header, but nothing
works. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Kathleen

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Use the following field construction in the Header

{ IF { PAGE } > 1 { PAGE } }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters { } and Alt+F9 to toggle
off their display.

If you wanted the number to start from 1 on the second page, use

{ IF { PAGE } > 1 { = { PAGE } - 1 } }

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[K McDonald]

It worked. THANK YOU!!!!

Use the following field construction in the Header

{ IF { PAGE } > 1 { PAGE } }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert the field delimiters { } and Alt+F9 to toggle
off their display.

If you wanted the number to start from 1 on the second page, use

{ IF { PAGE } > 1 { = { PAGE } - 1 } }

--
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

 

[Glenda (The Good Confused Witch)]

I have the same problem regarding the above. I have no idea what you mean by
"field construction in the Header", and "field delimiters"??? But I know
how to toggle

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

By field construction, I mean the following combination of fields

{ IF { PAGE } > 1 { PAGE } }

To give you a step by step approach, Type

IF PAGE > 1 PAGE

Then in turn, select each of the words PAGE and with it selected, hold down
the Ctrl key and press F9

You will then have

IF { PAGE } > 1 { PAGE }

Now select all of the above and with it all selected, hold down the Ctrl key
and press F9, you will then have

{ IF { PAGE } > 1 { PAGE } }

Hold down the Alt key and then press F9 to hide the field codes.

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"Glenda (The Good Confused Witch)" <Glenda (The Good Confused
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[Jonathan]

Hi Doug - Hope you're still around - these first postings went up 3 years ago!

My question is a further extention of your feedback:
I want the text 'Page x of total pages' to appear as a right-justified
footer beginning on the second page.
I've been playing around with a few coding options...without success. could
you please help me out of my dilemma?
Thanks!
Jonathan

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The easiest way to do this is to enable "Different first page," then leave
the First Page Footer empty. No code necessary unless you're wanting
numbering to start on the second page and the number of pages to omit the
first page. In that case, you can insert a section break between the first
and second pages, unlink the footer, restart numbering (or start at 0), and
use the SectionPages field instead of NumPages.

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

 

[Jonathan]

Gee, it was that easy... !
Thanks!
Jonathan

The easiest way to do this is to enable "Different first page," then leave
the First Page Footer empty. No code necessary unless you're wanting
numbering to start on the second page and the number of pages to omit the
first page. In that case, you can insert a section break between the first
and second pages, unlink the footer, restart numbering (or start at 0), and
use the SectionPages field instead of NumPages.

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

 

[David DC]

Thanks for the tip, it left the first page number off as stated. Is there a
way to remove the second page number also, so page number 3 begins the number
dispalayed but still counts all the pages within the document? e.g. page 3
begins with 3 and pages 1 & 2 are blank.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you try { IF { PAGE } > 2 { PAGE } }?

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

 

[Jing]

Yes. The easier to way to do is to first uncheck "different first page", and
then use page break/ section break. After having the first number on both the
cover page and first page, you choose to click enable/ check "different first
page", so you can remove the number on the cover page and keep the first
number on your first page.

Hopefully, this is clear enough. I did it by using this way.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Why in the world would you go to that much trouble when "Different first
page" already achieves what you want?

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

 

[keevers]

hi, im doing a thesis and i need to keep everything in the same word document
but want the page numbering to begin on page 4 but to say that its page 1. in
other words, i dont want a header on the cover page or the title page, etc. i
tried putting in the code you have above, but cant manage to hide the code,
am i supposed to be typing it straight into the header field?

thanks for your help,

C

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Using Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters, use the following
field construction:

{ IF { PAGE } > 3 { = { PAGE } - 3 } }

To toggle off the display of the field codes, use Alt+F9

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Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

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a paid professional basis.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If your thesis will need to have a TOC, don't use the field construction
Doug provided; instead see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm (Word 2003 and
earlier) or http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/front_matter_2007.htm,
as
appropriate.

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

 

[keevers]

you're a superstar, thank you!

C

Using Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters, use the following
field construction:

{ IF { PAGE } > 3 { = { PAGE } - 3 } }

To toggle off the display of the field codes, use Alt+F9

--
Hope this helps,

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on
a paid professional basis.

 

[Ben]

I have tried this and it does not work. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Have you followed the step by step approach that was given?

Or are you merely typing { IF { PAGE } > 1 { PAGE } } directly from the
keyboard.


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