Is there a way to re-arrange the page order?

[Don Robinson]

I've composed a small book using MS Word 2002 on my Dell
running XP. I have all the pages created, but now, after
reviewing, I'd like to re-arrange the page order. I
haven't been able to find any way. I can print an
individual page, but Word won't let me save individual
pages, either to the hard drive or to disk. It considers
all the pages as one single document.

I need to save the pages in new order, and delete some of
the pages. Can you help?

Thanks.

 

[Rob Schneider]

I've composed a small book using MS Word 2002 on my Dell
running XP. I have all the pages created, but now, after
reviewing, I'd like to re-arrange the page order. I
haven't been able to find any way. I can print an
individual page, but Word won't let me save individual
pages, either to the hard drive or to disk. It considers
all the pages as one single document.

I need to save the pages in new order, and delete some of
the pages. Can you help?

Thanks.

The simpliest way to approach this task is to first realize that indeed
Word considers the whole document it whole document. Pages are really
just blocks of text that fit on sheets of paper ... if you are doing it
"correctly", you would avoid putting in any special page breaks and let
Word do all that work for you.

First, copy the document into a new file, so that you can retain it.
Then, open the new file and start editing. Select the text that you want
to move, press Ctrl-X to "cut to clipboard" (or press Edit/Cut menu) ...
then move cursor two where you want the new text to go and press Ctrl-V
to "paste from clipboard" (or press Edit/Paste). Continue doing this
until you have the book in the order you want.

For text you wish to delete, select it then press the DELETE key.

I also suggest you remove any special page breaks. Let Word do that for
you.

 

[Graham Mayor]

There's no such thing as a page in Word, it is merely a transient collection
of text dictated by the formatting and printer driver. However, you *may* be
able to achieve something of what you require with macros - it all rather
depends on what the pages contain. The following *may* help, but don't
forget 'UNDO' will put things back if the results are not as planned.

Sub PageDelete()
sNumber = InputBox("Delete from which page", "Delete Pages", 1)
sRange = InputBox("Delete how many pages", "Delete Pages", 1)
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToPage, Which:=wdGoToNext, Name:=sNumber
For a = 1 To sRange
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Delete
Next a
End Sub

Sub PageMove()
sNumber = InputBox("Move to location before which page?", "Move Page", 1)
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\page").Range.Cut
Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToPage, Which:=wdGoToNext, Name:=sNumber
Selection.Paste
End Sub

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you're wanting to rearrange to page order in order to print as a booklet,
see http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/BookletPrinting.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[Don Robinson]

Thanks a bunch, Rob. I just "cut, pasted, and deleted" my
way to a clean, re-arranged book that's ready for the
publisher. Simple after an expert like you tells me how.

You da man.