is there a way to change default setting on where page numbers will be?

[dana.polan]

Hi
I never put my page numbers at the bottom of a page. So when I go to
"Insert page numbers" and it comes up automatically with bottom-of-
page as the default choice, I have to then change it to top of page.
Is there a way to set the default so the first option that comes up is
indeed top of page (top right to be more specific)?

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Yes: Put them in your Normal template and you will never have to think
about them again.

Your Normal template should be in your Microsoft User Data folder, simply
named "Normal". Use File>Open to open it, then insert your page number and
Save.

Each new document you create will have the page number right where you want
it. The downside is that you will need to delete the page number from
documents you do not want to have them.

Cheers

Hi
I never put my page numbers at the bottom of a page. So when I go to
"Insert page numbers" and it comes up automatically with bottom-of-
page as the default choice, I have to then change it to top of page.
Is there a way to set the default so the first option that comes up is
indeed top of page (top right to be more specific)?

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[Daiya Mitchell]

If you ever use Word to do envelopes or labels, having a page number in
Normal will mess them up.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Hello Dana,

Page numbers can be applied without using headers or footers (via Insert
menu -> Page Numbers) -- a text box is inserted instead. However,
incorporating page numbering as part of the header or footer makes it much
easier to control the formatting via styles, since this method inserts a
normal page number field (the appearance of which can be changed globally
via styles) rather than a text box (which can't be changed via styles).

To apply page numbers to headers or footers, choose View menu -> Header and
footer -> type up the header or footer and add the page number via the "#"
button on the toolbar that appears.

To continue page numbering shown in the header or footer, to re-start at 1,
or to To put a portrait-position page number on a landscape page, see pages
59 and 60 of some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word
to Your Will", which are available as a free download from the Word MVPs'
website (http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

"Bend Word to Your Will" has the page number appear as you have specified --
at the top right of each page.

To suppress the page number from page 1, choose Format menu -> Document ->
Layout -> Different first page.

And as John McGhie says, if you open your Normal template and make the
changes there, they will be correctly formatted for every new document.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[JE McGimpsey]

If you ever use Word to do envelopes or labels, having a page number in
Normal will mess them up.

Which is a great reason to never use Normal as a Document Template.
Instead, create a template with the customizations you need, like page
numbers, and save it in the My Templates folder. Then one can choose
that template from the Project Gallery if one needs a document with a
page number, or an envelope template or label template if one desires
those.