Page numbering

[Ivanho]

I have taken the trouble to review all the related previous posts but do not
see the answer to meet my needs.

I have a 7 page document which consists of a front and back cover 2 pages
each and so far 3 pages of report.

Page 2 is followed by a section break next page while page 5 is followed by
a section break next page. In addition I also put a section break at the end
of the document which I should not need.

Numbering starts on page 3 as page 1 of Y which seems to work fine.
However, page 4 and 5 do not display page numbers while page 6 displays page
1 of 6 and page 7 is blank again.

I actually want to end the numbering in section 2. It is not clear what is
happening.
It seems this whole page numbering scene is much more complicated than it
needs to be with all the behind the scenes section influences.

Can someone clarify this basic question which should apply to many of the
simpler documents? My document simply is sandwiched between two sheets front
and back.

Thank you for your time and expertise. It is a shame that the microsoft
designers do not seem to pay much attention to the anguish of their users.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Each section has its own header and footer. They can be linked to the
header/footer in the previous section or not. Page X of Y will not be easy
in a document that contains more than one section and in which Y is the
number of pages in more than one but fewer than all of the sections. I would
argue that for a report of that length, Page X of Y is overkill.

For general principles, however, you may want to review these articles:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm (Word 2003 and
earlier) or
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/front_matter_2007.htm, as
appropriate

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WorkWithSections.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org