Non-continuous Page Numbering

[Jim McKillop]

Good Morning Folks

I've spent most of the morning (sunny Scotland) scanning this forum and the
various FAQs and publications I've found at the end of links.

I still can't solve the problem.

I'm using Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3) on Windows XP.

I have a 15 page document which uses a TOC with right aligned page numbers
displayed. Each f the headings in the TOC are separate sections in the
document.

It all appears to work perfectly well until I change the formatting of any
of the pages from portrait to landscape. It happens to be pages 14 and 15
I'm changing. What then happens is the section that I've changed to
landscape starts again at page one. The document becomes a page longer,
which is OK, due to the lesser amount on a landscape page. Pages 1 to 13 are
fine, display OK in the TOC and the footer correctly displays Page X of 16.
Pages 14, 15, and 16 display in the TOC as 1, 2, and 3 respectively. In the
footer they display as Page 1 of 16, 2 of 16, and 3 of 16 respectively. The
issue happens in the TOC whether or not the Page Numbering is switched on in
the footer.

What I'm doing is going to the foot of page 13 and:
- File, Page Setup
- Paper Size Tab - Orientation changed to Landscape, Apply to This Section,
click OK

If I do the above at the top of page 14 as opposed to at the foot of Page
13, it inserts a new section knocks out my section numbering. The above
problem still occurs too.

If I make the page portrait again, the numbers are still out until I remove
the page break and reinsert it, at which point the numbering sorts itself,
as does the TOC.

Any help would be appreciated.


Jim

 

[Stefan Blom]

In the section where page numbers are wrong, no matter if they are
displayed or not, click the Format page number button on the
Header/Footer toolbar. Make sure the option to "Continue from previous
section" is selected, and click OK.

 

[Jim McKillop]

Stefan

Thank you very much - one problem solved.

Unfortunately another has cropped up. My final page has to be set back to
portrait. When I now do this, it is informing me that I have Page 17 of 16
!!!

Another feature ?


Jim

 

[Stefan Blom]

In "Page X of Y" the Y part is buggy in several versions of Word. Please see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm

 

[Larry]

Jim, I just saw your thread today and wanted to add one point.
Now that you have your multiple sections issue resolved, you may want to try
printing the doucment in reverse page order. I've found this to be the most
reliable workaround for the (unconscionable) "Page X of Y" bug.

Larry