Skip a page when numbering in documents

[Kerry]

Hi,
I'm putting together a thesis, each page is single-sided.
Occasionally, however, i have printing on both sides of the page. This
is ok to print as I can just make section breaks before and after the
double sided page and set the section to duplex printing. The problem
comes when i'm numbering the pages in the document as the text that is
to go on the reverse side of the page takes up a page in the document,
but does not actually count as a page and so cannot be included in the
a page numbering.
While I can just not number the reverse page and then restart
numbering in the following section at where the preceeding section
left off, this gets messy as I'm working with a master document and
page numbers fluctuate a lot.
Is there a way to relate the page number for the page that follows the
double sided one to that of the last normal page i.e. skip the
numbering for the "page" with text printed on the back?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Just a couple of thoughts that don't contribute to a solution:

1. Have you checked with the thesis czars at your university to make sure
that duplex pages will be acceptable?

2. Does the thesis have to be submitted electronically? If so, I wonder if a
master document will be acceptable. If not, by far the simplest solution
would be to save the reverse pages in a separate file and print them in a
separate print run after you've printed the rest of the document (feeding
the fronts of the pages back through the printer to print the backs).

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[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Kerry,

Kerry wrote:
[..]

I'm putting together a thesis, each page is single-sided.
Occasionally, however, i have printing on both sides of the page.

guess I was having the same thoughts as Suzanne; I'm also curious as to
why you want to print anything on the reverse side in a generally
single-sided work. If you need something oversized, put it into your
appendix

This
is ok to print as I can just make section breaks before and after the
double sided page and set the section to duplex printing. The problem
comes when i'm numbering the pages in the document as the text that is
to go on the reverse side of the page takes up a page in the document,
but does not actually count as a page and so cannot be included in the
a page numbering.

Again it gets peculiar while we go on: you have text on this reverse
pages, so, by all means, you have to count the page – how else would you
(or me, or anybody else) reference something written on them?

While I can just not number the reverse page and then restart
numbering in the following section at where the preceeding section
left off, this gets messy as I'm working with a master document and
page numbers fluctuate a lot.

I hope you are aware of the general "caution"-sign folks round here are
attributing to master and subdocuments:

Why Master Documents corrupt (by John McGhie)
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm

2cents
..bob
...Word-MVP

 

[Kerry]

Thanks,
Yeah it might seem a bit weird to print some things double-sided and
not number the page. Generally it is used for the key to a map or
diagram that is presented on the facing page. This shouldn't ever be
referenced by itself, lets the reader see the diagram and key without
having to turn a page, and saves the binders from having to deal with
additional A3 pages. So it's handy.
I have been interested to see the comments about the stability of
master documents, and how to "fix" them. Initially I was surprised,
though after reading the explanations, it makes sense. I've had this
doc going for 6 months now, and it's up to 200 pages and haven't had
any trouble (I'm using word 2002 SP2 and the overall file size is up
to 15mb). That said, I have had to re-format the whole lot once or
twice as I occasionally used another computer and ended up with
screeds of self-propogating styles (Heading 1 char, char, char....)
*select all - clear formatting - delete all styles - start again*
seemed to clear up the problem, though took a couple of agonising
days!
As far as electronic submission goes; I will be creating a digital
copy, but using PDF format. It's more stable, impossible for the user
to mess up, and handles images far better than word. Most of my images
are still in separate files - putting them into word WOULD cause a
headache - guaranteed! I'll create a pdf of each subdocument, then
join the pdf's together (for some reason I get an error creating a pdf
from master doc), then insert the images. I can't see any other way to
do it as there are heaps of references between documents, and I want
to autogenerate ToC's etc. If I was playing with a single 15mb+ file
it'd be a nightmare.
I take it there isn't an easy way to do the page numbering? I guess
I'll just leave it 'till last

Thanks anyway
Hopefully this provided some insight
Kerry