Multiple documents - many page number changes

[Guest]

I have a document with 4 attachments. I have put in section breaks between
each document and the page 1 of X is not working. At each document start,
page 1 of each section is ok, however instead of the x being the number of
pages in each section, it is the total number of pages in the entire
document. How can I adjust this?

 

[Jay Freedman]

I have a document with 4 attachments. I have put in section breaks between
each document and the page 1 of X is not working. At each document start,
page 1 of each section is ok, however instead of the x being the number of
pages in each section, it is the total number of pages in the entire
document. How can I adjust this?

The "Page X of Y" expression (actually a standard AutoText entry)
that's inserted by the dropdown on the Header/Footer toolbar contains
two fields. The X represents a {PAGE} field for the current page
number, and the Y represents a {NUMPAGES} field for the total number
of pages in the document. You need to change the {NUMPAGES} field to a
{SECTIONPAGES} field to show the number of pages in the current
section.

To do that, right-click the existing number and choose Edit Field.
Change the word NUMPAGES to the word SECTIONPAGES. Right-click again
and choose Update Field.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Reveal your Field Codes and change NUMPAGES to SECTIONPAGES.

Look up Field Codes, NUMPAGES and SECTIONPAGES in the Help for more
information.

I have a document with 4 attachments. I have put in section breaks between
each document and the page 1 of X is not working. At each document start,
page 1 of each section is ok, however instead of the x being the number of
pages in each section, it is the total number of pages in the entire
document. How can I adjust this?

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410