Page Numbering in Sections

[Carl Ward]

The WORD help feature states that I can remove page
numbers for part of a document by dividing the document
into sections and break the connection between them. I
have done so and have two sections, (1)a table of contents
section and (2) a chapters section. I do not want page
numbers on section #1 but do want them on section #2. When
I attempt to remove the page numbers of section #1, the
page numbers of section #2, also get removed. My method
for attempting to do this is as follows: While displaying
the 1st page of section #1, I click on <VIEW> <Headers &
Footer> which activates the Headers & footers on that page
& displays the Headers & Footers toolbar. I then click on
the Switch button to cause the disply of the footer. I
select the page number in that footer and press the delete
key, which removes it from that footer. But contray to
the WORD help info, it also removes all page numbering
from the other section of the document too.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Hi Carl,

You forgot one tiny crucial detail!

Before removing the footer from section 1, go to section 2, deactivate the
"Same as previous" option from the header/footer toolbar (the little open
book with a tiny arrow going from the right hand page to the left hand
page). This option is on by default when you add sections. Then go to the
first section footer and remove whatever you want, it will not affect the
second section.

Good luck!
--
Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

numbers for part of a document by dividing the document

into sections and break the connection between them. I

You have neglected to "break the connection between them." Do this by
clicking on the Same as Previous button on the H&F toolbar (in the Section 2
footer). If you do this before inserting page numbers in Section 2, then
you're done. If you've already inserted the numbers, then you need to go
back to the Section 1 footer (Show Previous) and remove them.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Jean-Guy Marcil.
That did the trick.
I wonder why that was listed in the WORD HELP steps when I
searched for "section breaks". All the other steps that I
listed in my first post were copied right from WORD's HELp
data.
Carl

 

[Guest]

Thanks Suzanne,
that did the trick.
The HELP info did say that I had to break the connection
but I didn't realize that the default was that the 2nd
section would assume the features of the 1st section.
I do thank you all.
Carl