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From: Felix on 1 Feb 2010 15:42
Thanks for the tip macropod, but odd-page sections breaks aren't the issue
here. The problem lies in the page numbering scheme I'm using. I need a
different way to count the number of pages in the document to up to that
point...

"macropod" wrote:

> Hi Felix,
>
> Instead of using 'Odd Page' Section breaks, you could use normal 'Next Page' Section breaks and the following field code at the end
> of the very last paragraph in each Section:
> {IF{=MOD({PAGE},2)}= 1 "{QUOTE 12}¶
> This page intentionally left blank¶
> "}
> This code will automatically insert an blank even-numbered page, with the message 'This page intentionally left blank' if the page
> on which it occurs is an odd-numbered page. You can format the paragraph within the field containing the 'This page intentionally
> left blank' message however you like.
>
> Note: The field brace pairs (ie '{ }') for the above example are created via Ctrl-F9 - you can't simply type them or copy & paste
> them from this message. Likewise the '¶' symbols represent standard paragraph breaks.
>
> --
> Cheers
> macropod
> [Microsoft MVP - Word]
>
>
> "Felix" <Felix(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AE624D9E-5597-446B-B59E-CFB054C5F8AC(a)microsoft.com...
> > Hello,
> >
> > We have some procedures documents and manuals that use odd-page section
> > breaks to separate chapters. Obviously, when a chapter ends on an odd page,
> > Word adds a completely blank page before the next chapter. In order to
> > eliminate this problem, we'd like to add a page with the mention "This page
> > is intentionally blank." at the end of any chapter with an odd page count.
> >
> > I found a great article on the MVPs site by John McGhie:
> >
> > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/TblsFldsFms/InsEvnPgEndChap.htm
> >
> > It works great on some of our documents, but on others there is a problem.
> > Some of our documents use section page numbering. I'm not 100% certain of
> > exactly what's happening, but I'm pretty sure that the MOD operator is
> > misinterpreting the page numbers. For example, if my chapter ends on page
> > 1-5, the MOD operator seems to be calculating 1 minus 5 = -4 and dividing
> > that by two, which returns the result "0" instead of "1". I've also tried an
> > alternate method using the INT operator I found on word.tips.net:
> >
> > http://word.tips.net/Pages/T001870_Automatic_Blank_Pages_at_the_End_of_a_Section.html
> >
> > This didn't work either. I've been racking my brain trying to find a
> > solution to this. Does anyone have any suggestions (short of changing the
> > page-numbering scheme)?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> .
>
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