Turn off page numbers in 2007

[Richard Lewis Haggard]

In Word 2007, how can page numbers in the footer of only the last two pages
be disabled?

The document is a 134 page magazine. The first two pages, the cover and the
inside of the cover, already do not have page numbers in the footer (I
started doing this in Word 2003 and it was a snap to do), page 1 starts on
the third page of the document, the pages are laid out using even/odd
margins but I just can't figure out how to disable page numbers in the
footers of the last two pages. I'd appreciate a pointer in how to do this.

 

[Jay Freedman]

In Word 2007, how can page numbers in the footer of only the last two pages
be disabled?

The document is a 134 page magazine. The first two pages, the cover and the
inside of the cover, already do not have page numbers in the footer (I
started doing this in Word 2003 and it was a snap to do), page 1 starts on
the third page of the document, the pages are laid out using even/odd
margins but I just can't figure out how to disable page numbers in the
footers of the last two pages. I'd appreciate a pointer in how to do this.

Probably the simpler way is to insert a section break between the last page that
should have a number and the first of the two unnumbered pages at the end. Then,
with the cursor in the footer of either of the to-be-unnumbered pages so the
Header & Footer Tools ribbon is present, click the Link to Previous button to
turn it off. Delete the page field from that section's footer.

The more complicated way is to replace the page field in the footer with this
monster (which allows for the fact that the displayed page numbers are already 2
less than the "physical" page numbers because of the restart on page 3):

{if {page} = {sectionpages} "" {if {page} = {= {sectionpages} - 1} "" {page}}

Each matching pair of field delimiters must be inserted with Ctrl+F9. Also note
that if there are other sections in the document, the field would have to be
even more complex.

 

[Richard Lewis Haggard]

Thanks for the information. However, I was unable to implement the
instructions because, well, the Word '07 interface has defeated me. I have
invested hours into trying to figure out how to insert a section break and
just can't quite figure out what magic keystrokes or mouse clicks are
required to implement this particular magical incantation. I would greatly
appreciate it if your were to try to explain again but this time keep in
mind that I'm a programmer with some 25 years doing Windows (I was one of
the original OEM Windows implementers) and not a Word '07 literate person.
Accordingly, explicit step by step, keystroke by keystroke, mouse click by
mouse click steps explained in words of 1 syllable or less would be a good
idea.

 

[Jay Freedman]

OK...

- Put the cursor to the left of the first character on the first of
the two pages that should be unnumbered.

- Click the Page Layout tab of the ribbon.

- In the Page Setup group on that ribbon, click the Breaks button. In
the Section Breaks part of the menu, click the Next Page item. You
probably won't see anything different (unless the first word on the
page isn't the start of a sentence, in which case the grammar checker
will mark it as needing capitalization).

- Click the Insert tab of the ribbon, click the Footer button, and
choose Edit Footer from the bottom of the dropdown gallery.

- The Header & Footer Tools ribbon will automatically appear. In the
center of that ribbon, click the Link to Previous button to turn it
off. In the footer, the blue tag that says "Same as Previous" should
disappear.

- Select the page number in the footer and press the Delete key.

- Double-click in the body of the document to close the Footer pane.

 

[Richard Lewis Haggard]

Thanks! That was a perfectly expressed set of instructions for this brain
damaged programmer!