"Pages" Property in Explorer "Details" View

[Diggy]

In Explorer, when using the "Details" view of files, you can choose which
fields are shown. I would like it to show how many pages each document is,
so I chose to show "Pages" as one of the fields. The problem is that
Explorer is telling me that every document is 1 page. It doesn't seem to be
reflecting the actual length of the documents. Is this a bug, or am I
missing something?

I do regularly turn on/off document protection for the files as I work on
them. Might that be causing a problem?

I'm using Office 2003, and XP Home SP1 (haven't taken the dive yet).

Thanks for any hints.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I just tried this in Word 2003, and I see accurate page counts for a couple
of files and 1 for the rest in a sample folder. If I choose Properties view
instead, I'm seeing the same page counts there. I'm not sure what is making
the difference. In one folder that had a non-1-page file, that file was
created in Word 8.0, but the two I first saw were Word 10.0. Word 11.0 docs
aren't any better. Almost every one I looked at showed 1 page, and one file
that I know has several pages was showing 7 words and 50 characters. I
suspect that the DocProperties just aren't accurately reflected in these
views.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Diggy]

OK, thanks for checking that out.

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| I just tried this in Word 2003, and I see accurate page counts for a
couple
| of files and 1 for the rest in a sample folder. If I choose Properties
view
| instead, I'm seeing the same page counts there. I'm not sure what is
making
| the difference. In one folder that had a non-1-page file, that file was
| created in Word 8.0, but the two I first saw were Word 10.0. Word 11.0
docs
| aren't any better. Almost every one I looked at showed 1 page, and one
file
| that I know has several pages was showing 7 words and 50 characters. I
| suspect that the DocProperties just aren't accurately reflected in these
| views.
|
| --
| Suzanne S. Barnhill
| Microsoft MVP (Word)
| Words into Type
| Fairhope, Alabama USA
|
| Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
| all may benefit.
|
| | > In Explorer, when using the "Details" view of files, you can choose
which
| > fields are shown. I would like it to show how many pages each document
| is,
| > so I chose to show "Pages" as one of the fields. The problem is that
| > Explorer is telling me that every document is 1 page. It doesn't seem
to
| be
| > reflecting the actual length of the documents. Is this a bug, or am I
| > missing something?
| >
| > I do regularly turn on/off document protection for the files as I work
on
| > them. Might that be causing a problem?
| >
| > I'm using Office 2003, and XP Home SP1 (haven't taken the dive yet).
| >
| > Thanks for any hints.
| > --
| > ICQ#
| >
|