Unable to add page numbers in Word

[Grandma Barb]

I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found the section
on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution. But...I have
followed the instructions about moving the Building Blocks file so that Word
will rebuild the file but it did not work for me. What shall I try next?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Page numbers are merely fields in the page header/footer. Open the
header/footer - press CTRL+F9, then between the brackets type PAGE. Press F9
to update the field and if necessary ALT+F9 to display the result. You don't
need building blocks for this.

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[Emerdie]

Go to "Insert" at the top and then choose "page numbers".

 

[Grandma Barb]

My problem is that this method gives me grayed out icons that do not work

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Where are you seeing the "grayed out icons"?

 

[Grandma Barb]

The grayed out icons are found in the Insert tab , header & footer section,
Page Number. None of the top four selections are active: bottom of page,
top of page, page numbers, or current positions.

I still get the window saying Word cannot open this document template.
(C:\=\...\1033\Building blocks.dotx) when I try to insert a text box. I
moved the Building blocks file to another folder and closed down word and
came back up but that did not seem to correct that problem.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm not sure how much of this you've already read or done (some of it, I
think), but I found the following references that might help:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102033461033.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925175
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933312

The last one especially seems to address your issue directly.