skipping the first TWO pages

[Michael Dare]

I want the page numbering in a document to skip the FIRST
TWO PAGES so that page three is numbered "1." Inserting
page numbers allows you to skip the first page by telling
it to start at "0" but it won't accept "-1" so there's no
way to skip TWO pages. If I divide the text into sections,
it will start renumbering on page three, but leave numbers
1 and 2 on the first two pages. HELP! I'm using word 97 SR-
1.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Michael Dare > écrivait :
In this message, < Michael Dare > wrote:

|| I want the page numbering in a document to skip the FIRST
|| TWO PAGES so that page three is numbered "1." Inserting
|| page numbers allows you to skip the first page by telling
|| it to start at "0" but it won't accept "-1" so there's no
|| way to skip TWO pages. If I divide the text into sections,
|| it will start renumbering on page three, but leave numbers
|| 1 and 2 on the first two pages. HELP! I'm using word 97 SR-
|| 1.

If you want numbers to appear in a section, but not in another (Sections 1
and 2 in your case), just remove the page numbers from the first section,
then go to section 2, make sure you disable "Same as previous" from the
Header/Footer toolbar and then insert the page number in Section 2 from the
same toolbar. Tell Word to start numbering at 1 in section 2. Section 1 is
irrelevant for the actual numbers because they will not appear.

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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[Greg Maxey]

Michael,

One option is an IF field with nested PAGE fields.

{ IF { PAGE } > "2"{ PAGE } }

Field code brackets are inserted with CTRL+F9. Toggle code to dispaly with
ALT+F9. Update results with F9

 

[Guest]

At the page you sent me to, it says "You can leave them
empty, and there will be no page number on the first
page." Great. There's still a page number on the SECOND
page.

 

[Guest]

How do I "disable 'Same as previous' from the
Header/Footer toolbar?" I don't see where that option is
given.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There is a button for the purpose. In Word 2003 it's labeled "Link to
Previous" rather than "Same as Previous," and it's the one in a section by
itself with an icon of two pages with a dotted arrow between them.



How do I "disable 'Same as previous' from the
Header/Footer toolbar?" I don't see where that option is
given.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

You can have as many pages as you want in the first (not-page-numbered)
section. In your case, you would put your first two not-numbered pages
in the first section, and your third and subsequent pages in the second
section.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Although this procedure indeed hides page numbers for the first two
pages, it doesn't display "1" on the third physical page. For that
purpose, a calculated page number is required; for example, something
like this:

{ IF { PAGE } > 2 { = { PAGE } - 3 }

However, a calculated page number wouldn't display in a table of
contents. In the TOC, you get a number based on the options in the
Page Number Format dialog box.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Stefan,

You are corrrect of course. In the blunt language of my profession we say
"Read the ... question, stupid" in reply to such gooned-up answers .
Thanks for the polite backup.

 

[André]

The problem with this is that the numbers still show up in
the footer for the 1st two pages. What is the workaround
for that?
A.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

After unlinking the second section from the first, delete the page numbers
from the first section. Or, before inserting the page numbers, insert the
section break and unlink the sections, then insert page numbers only in
Section 2.

 

[André]

I did go into the footer of the first two pages and
deleted the numbers but that removed the numbers from the
2nd section also. The document is layed out like this,
title page, table of contents then the rest of the pages.
I inserted the odd page break after the table of contents
because if I did it at the begining of the first paragraph
of the following page it adds an extra empty page to the
document as a whole.

A.

 

[André]

I did go into the footer of the first two pages and
deleted the numbers but that removed the numbers from the
2nd section also. The document is layed out like this,
title page, table of contents then the rest of the pages.
I inserted the odd page break after the table of contents
because if I did it at the begining of the first paragraph
of the following page it adds an extra empty page to the
document as a whole.

A.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Apparently you have not unlinked the header/footers of the first two
sections. Please see the instructions in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm or see the
"What happens when you have more than one section" section of
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/HeaderFooter.htm



I did go into the footer of the first two pages and
deleted the numbers but that removed the numbers from the
2nd section also. The document is layed out like this,
title page, table of contents then the rest of the pages.
I inserted the odd page break after the table of contents
because if I did it at the begining of the first paragraph
of the following page it adds an extra empty page to the
document as a whole.

A.

 

[Keld Drube]

I would stick to the sectioning way, keeping in mind that
you should not accept the header to be carried over from
the section with the first pages to the second section.
Then you can define, that you do not want page numbers to
be shown in section 1 while in section 2 you might need to
define numbering beginning with "3".