"Insert->Page Numbers" vs "Header and Footer->Insert Page Number"

[Wes from Scottsdale]

I working on VBA to insert a document number into the footer. Some of my
users add page numbers from the Insert menu, others add them from the H&F
toolbar. Unfortunately, Word seems to treat them very differently.

When the Insert menu is used, Word seems to add a text box containing the
page number. In the footer.range.text, this text box seems to exist in front
of the rest of the contents of the footer, even if visually the text box is
after or below the other contents.

How do I access that text box through VBA?

Thanks.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

It's actually a Frame into which the {Page} field is inserted when page
numbers are added via the Insert menu.

You can access the .Range of each Frame in the Footer and check if it
contains a field of .Type wdFieldPage

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP