MS WORD NUMBERING

I'm formatting a document that is 404 pages long that MS broken up in to
sections with the last one being 187. The sections are also not numbered in
exact sequence but goes section 1 to 2 to 4 to 8 with no sections 3, 5, 6, 7
on and on up to section 187. The numbering from sections 1, 2 and 4 is the
way it should be but from 4 to 8 it jumps from page 14 to page 16 when I'm
working in the footer but 13 to 16 when I am working in the body. Even
though Word says there are 403 pages in the document the last page is
numbered 440. I've gone through them section by section and tried to change
the numbering system but it refuses to work. I've followed all the
instructions on MS page but the number keep skipping. Can anyone please help
me? I've spent hours working on this and tried dozens of solutions I found
on the net but none of them work. Please help.

When you say sections, do you mean Sections as are separated one from
another by Section Breaks.

I assume that you are talking about the page numbering.

However, you might just try running a macro containing the following code
and see if it fixes up the numbering.

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 2 To .Sections.Count
.Sections(i).Footers(1).PageNumbers.RestartNumberi ngAtSection =
False
Next i
.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.StartingNumber = 1
End With


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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"BrigadierBill" wrote in message
...
I'm formatting a document that is 404 pages long that MS broken up in to
sections with the last one being 187. The sections are also not numbered
in
exact sequence but goes section 1 to 2 to 4 to 8 with no sections 3, 5, 6,
7
on and on up to section 187. The numbering from sections 1, 2 and 4 is
the
way it should be but from 4 to 8 it jumps from page 14 to page 16 when I'm
working in the footer but 13 to 16 when I am working in the body. Even
though Word says there are 403 pages in the document the last page is
numbered 440. I've gone through them section by section and tried to
change
the numbering system but it refuses to work. I've followed all the
instructions on MS page but the number keep skipping. Can anyone please
help
me? I've spent hours working on this and tried dozens of solutions I
found
on the net but none of them work. Please help.

"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
When you say sections, do you mean Sections as are separated one from
another by Section Breaks.

I'm not sure what you mean. It is the sections the way MS word broke them
up, not the different chapters in the book.

I assume that you are talking about the page numbering.

Yes.

However, you might just try running a macro containing the following code
and see if it fixes up the numbering.

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 2 To .Sections.Count
.Sections(i).Footers(1).PageNumbers.RestartNumberi ngAtSection =
False
Next i
.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.StartingNumber = 1
End With

I don't know how to do that.

Bill



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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"BrigadierBill" wrote in message
...
I'm formatting a document that is 404 pages long that MS broken up in to
sections with the last one being 187. The sections are also not numbered
in
exact sequence but goes section 1 to 2 to 4 to 8 with no sections 3, 5, 6,
7
on and on up to section 187. The numbering from sections 1, 2 and 4 is
the
way it should be but from 4 to 8 it jumps from page 14 to page 16 when I'm
working in the footer but 13 to 16 when I am working in the body. Even
though Word says there are 403 pages in the document the last page is
numbered 440. I've gone through them section by section and tried to
change
the numbering system but it refuses to work. I've followed all the
instructions on MS page but the number keep skipping. Can anyone please
help
me? I've spent hours working on this and tried dozens of solutions I
found
on the net but none of them work. Please help.

MS Word only does what you make it do. I have no idea what you mean by "the
way MS word broke them up"

As for how to use the code that I sent to you, see the article "What do I do
with macros sent to me by other newsgroup readers to help me out?� at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...eateAMacro.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"BrigadierBill" wrote in message
...


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:
When you say sections, do you mean Sections as are separated one from
another by Section Breaks.

I'm not sure what you mean. It is the sections the way MS word broke them
up, not the different chapters in the book.

I assume that you are talking about the page numbering.

Yes.

However, you might just try running a macro containing the following code
and see if it fixes up the numbering.

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 2 To .Sections.Count
.Sections(i).Footers(1).PageNumbers.RestartNumberi ngAtSection =
False
Next i
.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.StartingNumber = 1
End With

I don't know how to do that.

Bill



--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"BrigadierBill" wrote in
message
...
I'm formatting a document that is 404 pages long that MS broken up in
to
sections with the last one being 187. The sections are also not
numbered
in
exact sequence but goes section 1 to 2 to 4 to 8 with no sections 3, 5,
6,
7
on and on up to section 187. The numbering from sections 1, 2 and 4 is
the
way it should be but from 4 to 8 it jumps from page 14 to page 16 when
I'm
working in the footer but 13 to 16 when I am working in the body. Even
though Word says there are 403 pages in the document the last page is
numbered 440. I've gone through them section by section and tried to
change
the numbering system but it refuses to work. I've followed all the
instructions on MS page but the number keep skipping. Can anyone
please
help
me? I've spent hours working on this and tried dozens of solutions I
found
on the net but none of them work. Please help.

I pasted the code into the macros but it says there is a syntax error in the
4th line.

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 2 To .Sections.Count
..Sections(i).Footers(1).PageNumbers.RestartNumber ingAtSection =
False
Next i
..Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.StartingNumbe r = 1
End With

What needs to be changed?

bill

The 'False' on the 5th line has been prematurely wrapped and should be on
the fourth line
See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



BrigadierBill wrote:
I pasted the code into the macros but it says there is a syntax error
in the 4th line.

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 2 To .Sections.Count
.Sections(i).Footers(1).PageNumbers.RestartNumberi ngAtSection =
False
Next i
.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.StartingNumber = 1
End With

What needs to be changed?

bill

The word False should be on the same line as
..Sections(i).Footers(1).PageNumbers.RestartNumber ingAtSection =


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
"BrigadierBill" wrote in message
...
I pasted the code into the macros but it says there is a syntax error in
the
4th line.

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 2 To .Sections.Count
.Sections(i).Footers(1).PageNumbers.RestartNumberi ngAtSection =
False
Next i
.Sections(1).Footers(1).PageNumbers.StartingNumber = 1
End With

What needs to be changed?

bill

GREAT! I went through it page by page after running the macro and it's just
the way it should be. It's a great relief.

Will this run automatically every time I open the file or MS Word?

In a single "problem" document, it shouldn't be necessary to run the macro
more than once.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"BrigadierBill" wrote in message
...
GREAT! I went through it page by page after running the macro and it's
just
the way it should be. It's a great relief.

Will this run automatically every time I open the file or MS Word?

Checked it a few times and it's working great. Thanks everyone.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

In a single "problem" document, it shouldn't be necessary to run the macro
more than once.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"BrigadierBill" wrote in message
...
GREAT! I went through it page by page after running the macro and it's
just
the way it should be. It's a great relief.

Will this run automatically every time I open the file or MS Word?