Why must Odd always follow Even

[MPK]

Ok try this.

Start a new document, go to page set-up and make sure you
turn on different odd and even pages in the layout tab.

Now add some page numbering to your first page header.

Add a NEXT PAGE section break.

Modify the header of page 2. Make sure it is NOT linked to
the previous page's header. Change the Page Numbering
format and instead of continuing the numbering from the
previous page, click re-start numbering at 1.

Goto Print Preview, and low and behold you will see you
have 3 pages.

This is because word has inserted a blank page 2, even
though you have started a new section and have restarted
the numbering.

This behaviour, as far as I can find, is only documented
when you use the section break ODD PAGE, or section break
EVEN PAGE.

WHY should an odd page number ALWAYS follow an EVEN page
number (even if word has to invent an even page to apply
the number to)?

Has anyone ever found a way of turning this off or getting
around it? I DON'T WANT A BLANK PAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY
REPORT JUST BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO HAVE RESTARTED MY PAGE
NUMBERING!!!!!

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < MPK > écrivait :
In this message, < MPK > wrote:

|| Ok try this.
||
|| Start a new document, go to page set-up and make sure you
|| turn on different odd and even pages in the layout tab.
||
|| Now add some page numbering to your first page header.
||
|| Add a NEXT PAGE section break.
||
|| Modify the header of page 2. Make sure it is NOT linked to
|| the previous page's header. Change the Page Numbering
|| format and instead of continuing the numbering from the
|| previous page, click re-start numbering at 1.

BTW, you do not need to change the "Link to previous" setting if all you are
doing is changing the number format.

||
|| Goto Print Preview, and low and behold you will see you
|| have 3 pages.
||
|| This is because word has inserted a blank page 2, even
|| though you have started a new section and have restarted
|| the numbering.

The result you see is perfectly normal and logical. If you set up a document
so that you have a different headers for odd and even pages, and then force
a section to start at an odd number while the preceding section also
finishes with an odd numbered page, then Word has to insert an even page in
between. This is because when you select different odd and even headers,
Word assumes you are printing a book or a booklet of some sort, and in such
document it is impossible to have two consecutive odd numbered pages (or two
even numbers pages for that matter). Also, by convention, page one is also a
right handed page, so a blank left page is needed at print time, especially
if you use duplex printing.

If you do not want the blank page on the screen you are going to have to use
another approach besides using different odd and even page number headers.
You could use IF fields that test for the page number and display the
appropriate text for example.
If it is just at printing time, then throw away the blank pages or (if your
printer has this option) set up your printer not to print blank pages.
Or make sure all sections finish on an even page...

||
|| This behaviour, as far as I can find, is only documented
|| when you use the section break ODD PAGE, or section break
|| EVEN PAGE.
||
|| WHY should an odd page number ALWAYS follow an EVEN page
|| number (even if word has to invent an even page to apply
|| the number to)?
||
|| Has anyone ever found a way of turning this off or getting
|| around it? I DON'T WANT A BLANK PAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY
|| REPORT JUST BECAUSE I HAPPEN TO HAVE RESTARTED MY PAGE
|| NUMBERING!!!!!

As I wrote above, if you must use even/odd headers, then this result is
perfectly predictable.
If you explain why you need different odd/even headers even though you are
not doing a book type of document, or describe the content of your
header/footer, I am sure someone will be able to give you ideas on how to
proceed so that you do not end up with this blank page.

--
Salut!
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