Page number rotation: portrait - landscape

[Fred from NYC]

Imagine a book that has all page numbers in the lower right corner, even
if a particular page has a table that is printed sideways. This is what
I want to accomplish in Word 2003. My document has wide tables that are
printed in landscape mode. For these pages, the page number appears in
the upper right corner when the page is viewed in portrait mode. Assume
I look at landscape pages in landscape mode, is it possible to move the
page number from the lower right to the lower left corner and rotate it
clockwise by 90 degrees? This way the number would appear in the proper
position when all pages are arranged as in a book. I am only printing on
one side of each sheet of paper so there is no issue regarding the page
number position on odd or even pages.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

See

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/LandscapeSection.htm

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/LandscapeSection.htm

 

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

Hi Fred:

The others have referred you to an article that gives comprehensive
instructions for doing this.

However, personally I tend to fall back on a simplistic method: rotate the
table

This is only practicable if the table is the only thing on the page. Copy
it, paste it as a picture, rotate it 90 degrees, and delete the original.

If the table is not going to change, it can be a lot simpler doing it that
way than futzing around with rotated page numbers

Certainly not as "elegant", and not a realistic proposition if you need to
update the table. It's a quick-and-dirty. It's not a good idea to try to
"edit" the picture after you have pasted it. Some versions of Word will
allow it, others will trash the table.

Cheers

Imagine a book that has all page numbers in the lower right corner, even
if a particular page has a table that is printed sideways. This is what
I want to accomplish in Word 2003. My document has wide tables that are
printed in landscape mode. For these pages, the page number appears in
the upper right corner when the page is viewed in portrait mode. Assume
I look at landscape pages in landscape mode, is it possible to move the
page number from the lower right to the lower left corner and rotate it
clockwise by 90 degrees? This way the number would appear in the proper
position when all pages are arranged as in a book. I am only printing on
one side of each sheet of paper so there is no issue regarding the page
number position on odd or even pages.

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Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

My approach can be even more low-tech. As described in the article, if you
don't have to submit the document electronically, it's easiest to just print
a blank page with the page number on it, then run the sheet back through the
printer to print the table from another file.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Not even necessary to have scissors and glue; just run the "blank pages"
back through and print the landscape pages on them.

 

[Fred from NYC]

Many thanks to all who responded to my question. You have taught me
several methods to approach my problem and I will have a use for all of
them, depending on the complexity of the document I work with.