Printing Problem

[Guest]

Word 2002, Windows XP

I have a 24 page Word document that uses next page section breaks. If I try
to print pages 8 - 10, or 5 - 15, or 1 - 5, it will not print those specified
pages.

Upon further investigation I noticed that when I drag my scroll bar up and
down, the page numbers displayed only show page 1, then page 2. The page
numbers do not display in a sequential order when I drag my scroll bar button
up and down. In addition, I notice that the page number displayed in the
status bar only shows page 1, even though I am on page 5 or page 10.

Any thoughts?

Jeff

This is a very strange behavior and one that I have not seen before.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You appear to be restarting numbering in each section. You'll need to
include the section numbers. See the "Print specific pages and sections"
portion of the "Print a document" Help topic.

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

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[Guest]

Is there a way to turn this off? I have not added page numbers to the
document, so I am a bit confused how it could be restarting numbering.

Jeff

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Your document has page numbers whether you print them or not (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm). You'll have to go
into each section and set the page numbering to continuous, as follows:

1. With the insertion point in Section 1, View | Header and Footer.

2. On the Header and Footer toolbar, click Format Page Number.

3. In the Format Page Number dialog, choose "Continue from previous
section." OK.

4. On the H&F toolbar, click Show Next to get to the next section. Repeat
steps 2 and 3.

5. Repeat step 4 until you reach the end.

Note, however, that if the document is mail merged form letters, Word
automatically creates a new section for each letter and restarts numbering
for each section.

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

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