Page Numbering

[Nicole]

I am usually able to figure out my problems with
formatting but this one has had me stumped for a while and
it is happening again. We are using Word 2000. When we use
header or footer and insert auto text page x of y, the
page numbering will look correct on the monitor but will
print page 1 of 1 page 2 of 2... I can't figure out what
is happening or how to keep it from happening. I have set
up a template for a document that is 6 pages and when I
use it, sometimes it prints the page numbers correctly and
other times it doesn't. What am I doing wrong? I have gone
in and deleted the header or footer and redid it but it
will still do it.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi, Nicole,

It's time to update your copy of Word with a service pack -- this bug was
fixed in Service Release 1a, released three years ago. Word 2000 is now up
to Service Pack 3.

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm.

 

[Richard Adrian]

To anonymous:
this is incredible!
Your solution fixes a problem that I had (similar problem to Nicole's: see
my post to this newsgroup of 22/10/02, 18.23). But why should this be? Why
should flicking page views help here?

(I also followed Jay Freedman's advice, and updated to SR2B - but this did
not seem to fix the problem!).

Richard.

 

[Tammy]

Richard,
I am glad my advice helped, I hope it helped Nicole as
well. Not sure why this works, it has to be a bug in
word, and a very annoying one that is why I built the
macro in my template.
It took a long time to figure out how to get the problem
to go away, but I am glad to have it working again!

 

[Richard Adrian]

Hi Tammy,
It is a weird bug. Maybe it's something to do with "refreshing" the page as
one flicks between views.
I too have done a Macro which involves going back to 'Normal Page layout',
and then back to 'View page'.

One strange thing is - on a different computer, a few months ago, I did a
Macro to do this, ie just insert Footers - and it worked fine there! I
don't recall having to put stuff in about going from one page view to
another.

Weird!

Richard.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There are various workarounds for various versions of Word (which exhibit
the same problem in different ways). They are all discussed at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm

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