Military Standard page numbering?

[Byron]

I've inherited a manual that has to meet a new military standard
(MIL-STD-40051-2) for page numbering.

Rather than a simple page numbering scheme of 1…99, it has to appear as
WP-nnnn-pp where the WP (for Work Packet) is a constant, nnnn is a 4-digit
Work Packet (WP) number left-padded with zeros, and pp is the page number,
restarting at 1 for each WP. So the first page of WP 1 would be numbered
WP-0001-1, the third page of WP 15 would be numbered WP-0015-3, etc. Each WP
is in its own Section.

The WP number (0001, 0005, etc) also appears in the header of each page.

The previous editor of the document did most of the numbering by hand. Which
obviously causes a lot of work when page numbers get bumped by editing and
figure and table numbers change from insertion and deletion, etc.

Can anyone give me any pointers on how to pull this off?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

Assuming that there is only one Section to each Work Packet and that the
first Work Packet is in the First Section, use

WP-{ SECTION \# "0000" }-{ PAGE }

You must use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { } and use
Alt+F9 to toggle off their display

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[Byron]

Thanks for the reply. That gets me close, but unfortunately WP 0001 starts
in 9th section, so the page numbers for WP 0001 look like WP 0009. I tried
simple math {SECTION \#-8 "0000"}{PAGE}. but that didn't work. I also tried
{SECTION \(#-8) "0000"}, but that didn't work either.

Can you offer any other suggestions?

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Does this work?

WP-{ ={ SECTION \# "0000" }-8 }-{ PAGE }

Thanks for the reply. That gets me close, but unfortunately WP 0001 starts
in 9th section, so the page numbers for WP 0001 look like WP 0009. I tried
simple math {SECTION \#-8 "0000"}{PAGE}. but that didn't work. I also tried
{SECTION \(#-8) "0000"}, but that didn't work either.

Can you offer any other suggestions?

Assuming that there is only one Section to each Work Packet and that the
first Work Packet is in the First Section, use

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[Byron]

Very close, and I tweaked it to get the formatting correct. I ended up using:

WP-{ ={ SECTION}-8 \# "0000" }-{ PAGE }

Thanks for the help!

Does this work?

WP-{ ={ SECTION \# "0000" }-8 }-{ PAGE }

Thanks for the reply. That gets me close, but unfortunately WP 0001 starts
in 9th section, so the page numbers for WP 0001 look like WP 0009. I tried
simple math {SECTION \#-8 "0000"}{PAGE}. but that didn't work. I also tried
{SECTION \(#-8) "0000"}, but that didn't work either.

Can you offer any other suggestions?

Assuming that there is only one Section to each Work Packet and that the
first Work Packet is in the First Section, use

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Can anyone give me any pointers on how to pull this off?

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Interesting. When I tried your version I go a bookmark error-- I must have
typed something wrong. Anyway, I'm glad you got it right.

Very close, and I tweaked it to get the formatting correct. I ended up using:

WP-{ ={ SECTION}-8 \# "0000" }-{ PAGE }

Thanks for the help!

Does this work?

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

To facilitate converting text to fields and vice-versa, use
the macros in Chapter 7 of the file that you can download from:

http://examples.oreilly.com/wordhks/


--
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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

Interesting. When I tried your version I go a bookmark error-- I must
have
typed something wrong. Anyway, I'm glad you got it right.

Very close, and I tweaked it to get the formatting correct. I ended up
using:

WP-{ ={ SECTION}-8 \# "0000" }-{ PAGE }

Thanks for the help!

Does this work?

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Can anyone give me any pointers on how to pull this off?

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Thanks, Doug. I have the book but only a couple of the examples
electronically.

To facilitate converting text to fields and vice-versa, use
the macros in Chapter 7 of the file that you can download from:

http://examples.oreilly.com/wordhks/

Interesting. When I tried your version I go a bookmark error-- I must
have

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