How do I get the bottom of the window in Word to show page numbers

[Guest]

I just switched from the Word that came with Works 2000 to the Word that
comes with Microsoft Office Professional. Before, the page numbers--total
and current--always showed up on the bar at the bottom of the window. Now I
can only get the page numbers to start displaying by doing a word count. Is
there a way to make each document automatically display page numbers on that
bottom bar the way it used to?

 

[Guest]

Go to Tools, Options, View and make sure Status Bar is selected.

 

[Guest]

"Status Bar" is already selected.

Go to Tools, Options, View and make sure Status Bar is selected.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you're in Normal view, be sure that background repagination is not
disabled (Tools | Options | General). Switching to Print Layout view will
reenable it. Also, if you are using the "Wrap to window" or "Draft font"
features in Normal view, pagination may not be displayed.

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

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[Guest]

Enabling Background Repagination seems to have done the trick: Thank you.