Page Numbering - {PAGE} Issues

[Diddakoi]

I am using Word 2003 on Windows XP.

I am trying to locate instructions on how to begin numbering my document so
that page number 1 begins on my document's third page. Following a link in
an answer, I seem to have set something so that now everytime I try to use
the page numbering feature, I end up with {PAGE} showing. I don't want this
but now can't seem to "undo" it. My questions are:

1. How to get rid of {PAGE} so that it doesn't show up any more (in this or
any document).

2. How to begin page numbering my document so that 1 appears on the third
page of my document and numbers consecutively from there on.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions/solutions.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

(1) Press Alt+F9 (or select the { PAGE } field and press Shift-F9)

(2) Insert a Section Break New Page at the end of your second page.
Create a header/footer in the new Section 2, and in the toobar that
appears when you're in the header/footer, unclick "Same as Previous"
and click the Format Page Number button, and set the Start At to 1.

Go back to the h/f of Section 1 and delete anything you don't need
(such as the { PAGE } field).

 

[Diddakoi]

This worked! Thanks so much!

 

[Diddakoi]

One more question . . . this did work as I indicated in my response below.
However, {PAGE} continues to show up in any document I have that has page
numbering. Shift + F9 does take care of the problem, but it shows up when I
open the same document in the future. It seems as if I unknowlingly have
this something up permanently - ?? Is there anyway to undo so that it
doesn't show in the future?

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Make sure to have only one document (with fields in it) open, and then press
Alt+F9; this should "globally" hide the fields.

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Isn't there an option somewhere for always showing field codes instead
of their contents? Maybe that got turned on somehow.

 

[Diddakoi]

Thanks Stefan and Peter. Stefan's suggestion seems to have worked for me.
I've opened a few page-numbered documents and the {PAGE} issue appears like
it's kaput.

I appreciate the suggestions and help!

 

[Stefan Blom]

Alt+F9, or the "Field codes" option in Tools | Option, View tab, should do
just that (unlike Shift+F9, which applies only to the fields in the current
selection). But I suspect that it isn't really a "global" setting, meaning
that it might be possible to have different settings for different
documents. And the setting of the last open document in a session determines
what is written to the registry.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



Isn't there an option somewhere for always showing field codes instead
of their contents? Maybe that got turned on somehow.