size of page numbers in footers

[kpknight]

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

I can't figure out how to change the size of the page numbers in the footers (they're way too big). Tried to click on one, then wento to Format-->Font and changed the size, but nothing happened. Sorry to be dim, but can someone guide me?

 

[CyberTaz]

Are you sure you were actually in the Footer itself? Headers & Footers are
in a separate "layer" of the document, not a part of the "document layer",
so if you're using an actual Footer a "click" of the number won't get you
there... You have to double-click the footer content just to have access to
the layer [or use View> Header and Footer], then select & reformat.

Although H/F formatting ‹ like any other ‹ is best handled by the use of
Styles you can manually reformat by selecting the content & directly
changing the attributes. The only difference with page numbers is that they
are inserted in fields, so they can be just a little deceptive to select.
However, since you'd most likely want all of the Footer content to be the
same font size, once in the Footer type Command+A to Select All, then change
the font size.

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

 

[kpknight]

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm trying to read up on styles (in Microsoft Office 2008: The Missing Manual -- a great help in many ways), but even just at this point it seems my problem is how to get into the footer. Hard to tell where to click, and double clicking often just closes the H/F view. Grr, sorry to be so dense.

 

[CyberTaz]

Accessing the H/F layer of a document can be done in either of the ways I
mentioned in my other rely:

1) Use View> Header and Footer, or

2) Double-click in the margin near the top or bottom edge of the "page" when
in Print Layout view.

When in the H/F stay above the Header line or below the Footer line - If you
dbl-click somewhere between those lines you will indeed close out of the
H/F. However, if you can use the space between the lines for graphics (such
as watermarks) or other content to appear consistently on each page.

Search Word Help using the keyword: Header

Explore the topics you'll find including a video or two.

....And keep up the crusade on learning to use Styles

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

 

[John McGhie]

You don't have to get into the Footer to change the size of the page numbers


Just use Format>Style and change the text size of the "Page Number" style


Cheers

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm trying to read up on styles (in Microsoft
Office 2008: The Missing Manual -- a great help in many ways), but even just
at this point it seems my problem is how to get into the footer. Hard to tell
where to click, and double clicking often just closes the H/F view. Grr, sorry
to be so dense.

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Clive Huggan]

You might find some useful ideas on pages 59 and 60 of some notes on the way
I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available
as a free download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
====================================================

 

[kpknight]

You might find some useful ideas on pages 59 and 60 of some notes on the way
I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available
as a free download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
====================================================

You don't have to get into the Footer to change the size of the page numbers


Just use Format>Style and change the text size of the "Page Number" style


Cheers




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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

Thanks to all three who tried to help me. Somehow I stumbled into the simplest method, as outlined by Mr. McGhie, which I'd like to share with others who may have the same problem: as he said, go to Format -->Style, then find Page Number on the list in the upper left, and then choose New or Modify at the bottom. There you get a chance to choose type face and font size and Apply. One other factor I had to adjust was the distance from the bottom of the page: the default was .5, which put the number halfway off the printable area, so I went to the Formatting Palette (after going to View and checking Headers & Footers) and increased the number to .7.

I had already downloaded Bend Word to Your Will but hadn't hunted there enough. Shall do so for future problems. Thanks again to all!

 

[CyberTaz]

Unless s/he's using one of the Element Gallery Footers most of which each
have a style of their own. I had the impression that was the case because
they throw in some ludicrous font sizes, bold, etc. & modifying Page Number
won't touch 'em.

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

 

[John McGhie]

Oh god... I have forgotten about the Ransom-Note-Wear... Let me guess: They
have set the Page Number properties with hard formatting?

Where do they find these... Never mind...

Cheers

Unless s/he's using one of the Element Gallery Footers most of which each
have a style of their own. I had the impression that was the case because
they throw in some ludicrous font sizes, bold, etc. & modifying Page Number
won't touch 'em.

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

This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Clive Huggan]

On 17/10/09 12:22 AM, in article C6FEBECD.3112%[email protected], "John

Let me guess: They
have set the Page Number properties with hard formatting?

You *are* joking, John, you droll chappie, aren't you? John? ... :-\

Hiring aircrew who have never been beyond the departure lounge has its, er,
inherent drawbacks.

CH
===

 

[CyberTaz]

Truth be told, I haven't been able to fully dissect & analyze them yet, but
most appear to be constructed as 1-row tables. Some use special paragraph
styles, some use what appear to be character styles, others I have no idea
unless they involve table styles.

The only firm conclusion I've been able to draw so far is that *if* one
chooses to use one of them it should then not be tampered with

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