There are three solutions that come to mind, I am not sure you would
describe any of them as "simple"
A) You can hand-type your page number, in the body of the document, not the
running footer
B) You can place your page number only on odd-numbered pages
C) You can use a computed page number.
For method A, the headers and footers do not matter because you are not
going to put the page number in them. On each odd page, you manually create
a text box, drag it to the correct position, and type a number in it. (You
can use a LISTNUM field if you like, which will automatically increment).
For Methods B and C, you ensure that your document is set to have Headers
and Footers "Different Odd and Even".
For method B, you then place a PAGE field in the footer only for the
odd-numbered pages. The printed effect of that will be page numbers 1, 3,
5, 7, 9...
To produce page numbers 1, 2, 3... You need to "compute" the page number
using a Formula field. This is where it gets a little hairy: here's the
formula:
Page { IF{ =MOD({ PAGE },2)}= 0 " " "{=({ PAGE } / 2) + 0.5}" }
Now PLEASE take absolute care with the presence or absence of spaces, or you
will get an error. Place that set of field codes only in your ODD page
header or footer. It will show a number only on every odd page, and the
number will be half what it should be plus a half.
On page 1, you get 1 / 2 = 0.5 + 0.5 = 1
On page 2 you get a "space"
On page 3, you get 3 / 2 = 1.5 + 0.5 = 2
On page 4 you get a "space"
Etcetera...
Chortle: If you get stuck, look on my website: since I had to make a sample
to get this working, I've left it there for you... The field string is in
the odd page headers.
http://john.mcghie-information.com.au/Computed page numbers.doc
Cheers
I need help. I am creating a training participant guide and I want each
odd page to have a consecutive page number (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.) and
each even page be labeled as a "Notes" page with no page number. I
don't see how to have only odd pages be numbered consecutively without
inserting a section break before each new odd page. Is there a simple
solution I am overlooking?
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