Numbering Pages In Word

[Scarlett]

I have a script which I want to add page numbers to. However when I do this, I get page 1-7, then it goes back to page 2, then it goes on to page 45 and then jumps back to page 2, and so on. I have no clue what is causing this! Any idea how I can just add page numbers?! I have Windows XP and am using Word 2003.

[ukbod2015]

http://homeworktips.about.com/od/computertips/ss/pagenumbers.htm#showall

[Hymie]

If you study the information in ukbod2015’s link, you will eventually find the solution.

But to give you a head start, you will find that whenever the page numbering goes awry, there is a section break on the previous page (with an instruction within that section to start at whatever page number appears on the next page).

If you want the document to have normal page numbering from 1 upwards, simply replace the section breaks with page breaks.
Note that you will have to switch on the non-printing/formatting characters (backwards Ps etc) to see the formatting within the document.

[Mosaic]

BTW I love Office 2003.
I don't bother with any scripts. Just go to insert > page numbers.

[Scarlett]

Thanks Hymie- I see that by switching on the backwards Ps I can see the 'section break' but how do I remove it or turn it into a page break? What do I need to actually click on to do this?

[Scarlett]

Mosaic- I wish it was that simple! If I do that, I get random numbers stopping and starting! Never come across it before.

[Hymie]

Simple place the cursor at the beginning of the Section break line and press ‘Delete’, then insert a page break.

[Scarlett]

Still having problems- and it's where on the document I have inserted 2 columns, where the text has two people talking at once. A section break appears at the start and end of the column bits, and when I delete the section breaks, it turns the whole doc into 2 columns! Argh!

[Hymie]

You are going to have to get hold of a teach yourself MS Word program to become proficient in Word, or have a friendly secretary to advise (that’s how I learnt).

Where you have pages requiring an alternate format (such as 2 columns, or landscape rather than portrait) within a document, you need a Section break both before and after (with the formatting within that section as required). The sections before and after may also need the format set as required.

If a document is so set, and you delete a Section break, Word may now apply the settings in that section to the remainder of the document – causing the type of problem you are experiencing.