Section Page Numbering

[MacEvansCB]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

I used to be an expert with Word and Excel. Now I've upgraded to Office 2008 Mac and I'm reduced to a novice. Nothing works like it used to.

I have a document with introduction and contents pages followed by the body of the document. I want page numbering to start on the first page of the body, with no page numbering before it. I did Insert Section Break [New Page] at the beginning of the body and managed to get it to start at page 1 there. But the same headers are also on the previous sections [pages 1 - 11] which I want blank. But if I try to delete the header text in any of the previous sections, all the headers in all sections are deleted. One other tidbit: I am using different odd and even headers. I can't find anything in the Help that addresses this.

What Am I Doing Wrong Here????

 

[CyberTaz]

The most radical difference you have to deal with in this case is the
feature called the Toolbox which contains the Formatting Palette. When
active in the Header/Footer a special group of tools will appear there which
contains the features previously found on he old Header/Footer toolbar.

One of the tools is a "Same as Previous" checkbox. While active in the H/F
of the section where you want different H/F content, clear the check.

BTW - You're right about the Help in 2008 not being what it should, but it's
constantly being expanded & improved. Hopefully this is high on the list

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

A couple of "rules of thumb" that may assist...

1) EVERYTHING that works, works exactly the way it used to work. Some
things have moved around a little in the user interface, but once you have
found it, it does exactly what it used to.

2) Quite a bit that used to work is simply not there in the new version.

3) The Help is appalling

Now: Due to bugs, you will find a few exceptions to rule one. Sorry about
that: the next version should be a big improvement.

The Help is having new topics added almost every day: make sure that you
allow your Help System to go online to connect with the server. The idea is
that the Help should be automatically updating. That's a "work in progress"
‹ we have the most important part, but the mechanism is not complete yet.

Currently, if you "search" for a topic and it is not on your computer, the
Help system will go online and grab it from the server if you allow it to do
so. The next step is to make those updates "stick" on your computer so it
only has to retrieve each topic once. There are hopes of getting that bit
in the next version.

See if the following website helps
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC

I used to be an expert with Word and Excel. Now I've upgraded to Office 2008
Mac and I'm reduced to a novice. Nothing works like it used to.

I have a document with introduction and contents pages followed by the body of
the document. I want page numbering to start on the first page of the body,
with no page numbering before it. I did Insert Section Break [New Page] at the
beginning of the body and managed to get it to start at page 1 there. But the
same headers are also on the previous sections [pages 1 - 11] which I want
blank. But if I try to delete the header text in any of the previous sections,
all the headers in all sections are deleted. One other tidbit: I am using
different odd and even headers. I can't find anything in the Help that
addresses this.

What Am I Doing Wrong Here????

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