Complex page numbering in documents?
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From: Dr Geoff Hone on 17 May 2010 04:07 On Sun, 16 May 2010 21:30:37 +0100, thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt) wrote: >I was recently asked by a friend how they could number the pages in a >Word (Windows version) document they were submitting for some >coursework. > >Basically they needed to set numbering to start at page one part way >through the document. Specifically, it was an intro page, an essay, >followed by a book. Easy I thought. How wrong I was. > >I tried it first in Word, and followed to the letter the instructions as >written in the help files. I had already assumed that it would require >section breaks, which help confirmed, and set the numbering for each >section. > >Yeah, right, except it didn't work, the numbers would only run >consecutively across the sections, regardless of any settings I tried >for not following previous sections. The only section that needed the >numbering was the book, and he only workaround I could find that did >work was to give all the introduction pages their own section (one page >per section), and set the 'do not number first page' option. > >I also tried a similar task in OpenOffice, but found that even worse, >and could only get continuous page numbers across all sections. > >In Pages I can do this in a few clicks, and it does the job. > >Any tips for mixed page numbering? Last time I had to do something like this it worked like: Start at the first page - set numbering to roman - "from this point forward" Get to the end of the Introduction and set numbering to arabic - again "from this point forward" - starting from 1. If the roman numbers are not acceptable, you could try setting the font colour to white. Yes, I have had years of being compelled to use Word, Outlook, etc. The only time I can recall Word resetting the printer defaults, or anything like that, was when some fool would keep on trying to print a document written for US Letter paper from a machine that was set up for A4 and which printed to a networked Postcript printer. Happily I am not bound by "their" rules any longer, so I can use WordPerfect on a Mac, and know that it will transfer seamlessly to WP on a Windoze machine. YGMMV Geoff
From: Richard Tobin on 17 May 2010 06:38 In article <1jilyne.pl0vq8yxuc7pN%thewildrover(a)me.com>, Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: >> Why does it have to be one file? >I believe that's the format that's required for this work. [...] >Besides, I think the work has to be submitted as a Word file (this is >back to our wonderful educational system again, even the private sector >is working the same way). If it's required to be done that way, presumably all the other students will be having the same problem. -- Richard
From: Chris Ridd on 17 May 2010 08:37 On 2010-05-17 11:38:41 +0100, Richard Tobin said: > In article <1jilyne.pl0vq8yxuc7pN%thewildrover(a)me.com>, > Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > >>> Why does it have to be one file? > >> I believe that's the format that's required for this work. > > [...] > >> Besides, I think the work has to be submitted as a Word file (this is >> back to our wonderful educational system again, even the private sector >> is working the same way). > > If it's required to be done that way, presumably all the other students > will be having the same problem. Perhaps making Word work properly is the real exercise? Seems a bit cruel of them... -- Chris
From: Andy Hewitt on 17 May 2010 09:12 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-17 11:38:41 +0100, Richard Tobin said: > > > In article <1jilyne.pl0vq8yxuc7pN%thewildrover(a)me.com>, > > Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > > > >>> Why does it have to be one file? > > > >> I believe that's the format that's required for this work. > > > > [...] > > > >> Besides, I think the work has to be submitted as a Word file (this is > >> back to our wonderful educational system again, even the private sector > >> is working the same way). > > > > If it's required to be done that way, presumably all the other students > > will be having the same problem. > > Perhaps making Word work properly is the real exercise? Seems a bit > cruel of them... Well, I've kind of worked it out now. The attributes that apply to a section break apply to the text *before* it, and not after it, which is how I'd been trying to make it work. This was only made clear in "Bending Word to Your Will", and was hilighted in bold, so thanks for that Chris. -- Andy Hewitt <http://web.me.com/andrewhewitt1/>
From: Peter Ceresole on 17 May 2010 09:33
Andy Hewitt <thewildrover(a)me.com> wrote: > Well, I've kind of worked it out now. The attributes that apply to a > section break apply to the text *before* it, and not after it, which is > how I'd been trying to make it work. Gosh. Does this mean that you are supposed to read Word docs backwards? Or is it all in reverse Polish notation? Very weird. -- Peter |