How do I set up page # front and page # back in Word

[Mario La]

I want to know if there is a way, in Microsoft Word, to set up page numbers,
where the number of the front page and the number of the back page of each
sheet, is the same, with the add of "front" and "back" or else.
Thanks for your attention.

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello Mario

I want to know if there is a way, in Microsoft Word, to set up page numbers,
where the number of the front page and the number of the back page of each
sheet, is the same, with the add of "front" and "back" or else.

yes and no.

You will have to setup the document to have "different even/odd page"
headers and footers (section property). Then you number the document
normally (section start at "1"), but calculate whatever you want to
display on the pages from a PAGE field.

Just keep in mind: that's simply something you are displaying/printing.
To the reader, this is a page number. To Word, it isn't. Whenever such a
document contains, say, a table of contents, that will show the normal
numbers, not what you are displaying on the pages.

Hope this makes sense (sorry, pretty late here!)
Robert

 

[Graham Mayor]

Mathematics were never my strongest suit, but the following field
combination appears to work when placed in the header

{ IF { Page } = 1 "Front of 1" "{ IF{ =MOD({ Page },2) } = 0 "Back of {={
Page }/2 }" "Front of { =({ Page } - {={ Page } /2 }) + .5} " }" }

Each pair of curly brackets is placed with CTRL+F9. The rest is typed.

This numbers:
Page 1 as Front of 1
Page 2 as Back of 1
Page 3 as Front of 2
Page 4 as Back of 2
etc

Maybe Macropod will come along later with a simpler version?

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[Graham Mayor]

The first part of the first condition is superfluous so

{ IF{ =MOD({ Page },2) } = 0 "Back of {={ Page }/2 }" "Front of { =({
Page } - {={ Page } /2 }) + .5} " }

will work equally well

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