Pagination problem

[Michael Shergold]

This is a 950 page book set using Word2003.
I have to return the book to the publishers both in hard copy and on CD,
the latter in one (huge) file, in Word, double-spaced so the printers can
print. The problem is how to set up the pagination. There are opening
pages I don’t want numbering, followed by say, 20 pages of Introduction,
Acknowledgements, Contents and maybe a Preface. I would like to number
these in Roman numerals, and, starting again with 1, the text of the book
in conventional numerals, but I find:
i) I can only format one page to have no numerals at all
ii) that when starting with Roman numerals, the change to
ordinary numbering is not always accepted and the pagination runs on.
Any suggestions please?

Michael in sunny Sussex, England

 

[Jezebel]

The answer to your pagination problem is to insert section breaks and set up
different footers for each section. Your problem i) suggests that you have
checked 'different first page' under File > Page setup. Create a new
document, add some rubbish text to make it run to several pages, insert some
section breaks, and experiment with the footer settings, including 'same as
previous' on the Headers and Footers toolbar: ten minutes research should be
plenty for you to grasp what's going on here.

But before you go much further, I suggest you check the publisher's
instructions carefully. They don't quite make sense as you give them. If
you've been asked to double-space, that suggests that the publisher is going
to re-work the manuscript anyway; in which case pagination is their
responsibility, not yours.

 

[Michael Shergold]

Thanks for those suggestions.. We'll try a bit more experimentation and
check again with the publisher..
Michael