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Subject:Re: NUMPAGES field not working in Word From:DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 May 2003 11:58:19 -0600
Thank you, Diane!
Thanks also to Michael Sedley, who sent me the following link:
> >
> >Does anyone have experience with the Word NUMPAGES field working onscreen
> >but not in the printed document? Pages print as page 1 of 1, page 2 of 2,
> >etc. More details:
>
> This is a major bug in Word 2000. You need to download a patch from the MS
> website (I forget where; I fixed this two years ago) and install it. It
> takes about 45 minutes to install the patch, and requires the Office disk.
> I figure that American workplaces have lost millions of man-hours over this.
> Of course, MS doesn't care...
>
> Diane Evans
> Technical Writer
>
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