How can I eliminate page numbering in an MS Word document?

[Guest]

How can I eliminate page numbering in an MS Word document? Using the
"Insert" drop down menu, then "Page Numbering", offers a number of ways to
edit page numbers, but I don't see a way to eliminate them from a document
once inserted.
Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the numbers were inserted using Insert | Page Numbers, they can be tricky
to delete safely. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm for
instructions.

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

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[CyberTaz]

Which version of Word?

If prior to 2007, go to View>Header & Footer, then delete the page number
code as well as any other unwanted content. If the doc uses several pg
number schemes in different sections the content will have to be deleted
from each Footer.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Guest]

Thank you!

Which version of Word?

If prior to 2007, go to View>Header & Footer, then delete the page number
code as well as any other unwanted content. If the doc uses several pg
number schemes in different sections the content will have to be deleted
from each Footer.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Guest]

Thank you!

If the numbers were inserted using Insert | Page Numbers, they can be tricky
to delete safely. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/UnaccountablyIndented.htm for
instructions.

--
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.

 

[sunny]

I am new to this version of Wrod. I hit "Insert" for page # and picked a
style. The page # went into the document, but I could not get back to the
main text to keep writing the text of the document. I was stuck in the
footer. Can someone tell me what I should do? Thanks, Sunny

 

[Stefan Blom]

Double-click the main body of the document to close the header and footer
view (or press the close button on the far left of the Header & Footer Tools
ribbon).

 

[Stefan Blom]

Double-click the main body of the document to close the header and footer
view (or press the close button on the far left of the Header & Footer
Tools ribbon).

Obviously, I meant to write on the far *right* of the ribbon.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

 

[estelle]

How can I eliminate page numbering in an MS Word document? Using the
"Insert" drop down menu, then "Page Numbering", offers a number of ways to
edit page numbers, but I don't see a way to eliminate them from a document
once inserted.
Thanks.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Select the PAGE field and delete it.

 

[Jon]

I'd like to start numbering with page 2 on the actual page 5, no numbers
before that. Is Word 2007 capable of this feat?
Jon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Certainly. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/front_matter_2007.htm (and note
that if you see a huge gap in the text in the first screen, there is more
text after the gap!).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jon]

Sorry, the instructions on that page are a bit of a confusing nightmare. I
don't want *any* numbers on the front matter, not Roman numerals.
Jon

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Please look at Tip 4 at the end.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[p0]

Although I can see the benifits of the tip, I find it rather complex
to achieve such a simple thing. The following combination of fields
should just as well achieve what is required:

{ IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = { PAGE } - 3 } }

If your page number is less than 5, don't display anything, otherwise,
display your page number minus 3 (so 5 becomes 2, 6 3, ...)

Do not enter the brackets yourself, enter them by using CTRL+F9:

1)Type CTRL+F9. (results in { })
2)Type IF between the brackets followed by CTRL+F9. (results in { IF
{ } })
3)Type PAGE between the inner brackets and "< 5" right of the inner
brackets. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5})
4)Add the "". (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 ""})
5)Type CTRL+F9. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { } })
6)Type '='. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = } })
7)Type CTRL+F9. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = { } } })
8)Type PAGE between the last added brackets followed by - 3 after the
brackets. (results in { IF { PAGE } < 5 "" { = { PAGE } - 3 } })

Yves

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The problem with calculated page numbering is that a TOC will reflect the
PAGE field value, not the result of the calculated field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[grammatim]

This is less complicated than inserting a Section Break??

 

[p0]

Interesting. Hadn't considered that.

Yves

The problem with calculated page numbering is that a TOC will reflect the
PAGE field value, not the result of the calculated field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org

 

[p0]

Yes and no. Its a bigger effort to insert, but my experience is that
it requires less follow-up questions. Although section breaks do not
have to have any other influence, often people start complaining about
numbering over multiple sections (lists, captions, ...) going wrong.

Yves

 

[halleen]

You thought THAT was less complex?

Some people are not going to be comfortable writing if/then code with math
in them.

I thought those instructions were right on, the tricky part is just
understanding the dynamics of headers/footers and sections. Including the
"first page is different" and "link to previous" functions.

And FINDING them, I'm still getting used to 2007's ribbon, which makes lots
of sense once you get over 10 years of "how it's always worked before"
training.

I wanted two un numbered pages, then standard numbering after that. I was
starting with a doc that had a single un numbered page which I accomplished
using "first page is different" and started the numbering at zero.

To add my second page I had to first undo the above and get back to a simple
state where all pages were the same.

Then it was easy to add a section, unlink the two sections, and apply the
numbering I wanted to the second section only.

thanks for the tip