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Subject:Re: Word 7 for Windows vs Formatting problems From:Roger Mallett <roger -at- CSICAL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 3 Apr 1998 11:17:04 -0800
Manual page breaks -- OUCH!!!
With respect to correct/incorrect page numbers being listed in a TOC,
etc., documents that have hidden text can sometimes cause page breaks to
be funny. When generating anything that requires page numbering, page
counts, etc., be sure that the hidden text is not displayed. To turn
hidden text off, select Options from the Tools menu, displays the View
property page and ensure that both Hidden Text and All are unchecked.
An example problem would be if you had "Page X of Y" in a header, where
X is the page code and Y is the numpage code. Lets say that the
document is ten pages long when hidden text is displayed, and eight
pages long when hidden text is not displayed. If the document is
printed while the hidden text is displayed, you would only get eight
pages out of the printer though the header would say there are 10, and
your TOC might show an item is on page 10 (but prints on page 8).
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Roger Mallett
Control Systems
(714) 458-5040 x 239
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>From: Ron Biggs[SMTP:ronb -at- SAKSON -dot- COM]
>Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 9:40 AM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: Word 7 for Windows vs Formatting problems
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>Also, make sure you have manually set *all* pagebreaks.
>
>-ron
>senior editor
>sakson & taylor inc
>206.545.3608
>www.sakson.com
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Walter Hanig [SMTP:wdh -at- NETMANAGE -dot- COM]
>> Sent: Friday, April 03, 1998 9:02 AM
>> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>> Subject: Re: Word 7 for Windows vs Formatting problems
>>
>> At 08:52 AM 4/3/98 PST, Linda Miller wrote:
>> >HELP! Our group is very frustrated with Winword 7. We cannot trust
>> the
>> >table of contents or index for our manuals. They change
>> mysteriously!!!!
>>
>> I'll make the obvious statement: Don't use master documents; use RD
>> fields instead to compile TOCs and Indexes from separate files. (White
>> paper available; request offline.)
>>
>> On a more practical note, check all your headers and footers in the
>> index section for "same as previous." When this is checked/enabled,
>> you can lose the column settings or formatting of the section break
>> (such as odd page).
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Walter
>>
>> Walter Hanig
>>
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