Re: Word page numbering problem

["SEIGLER, Sherri" <sseigler -at- SHL -dot- COM>]

If someone has a solution to this problem, please post it as I ran into
with a 70 page document.

Sherri Seigler
Titleless right now
MCI Systemhouse

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Speear Pearl [SMTP:pspeear -at- TRIPLE-P -dot- NL]
>Sent:  Wednesday, July 22, 1998 5:27 AM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Re: Word page numbering problem
>
>Rahel wrote:
>I've been given a document in Word 97 that is 16 pages long. The header
>has been tagged with automatic page numbering (1 of 16, 2 of 16, etc.).
>Upon opening the document, the page numbering reads 1 of 1, 2 of 1, and
>so on, until I highlight the tag and press F9. However, once I save and
>close, the page numbering reverts to "1 of 1, 2 of 1". I've looked
>through every menu I could find but can't seem to find a way to change
>this.
>
>Has anyone else had this problem, or know how to fix it? I tried to
>check the archives but the search engine didn't want to co-operate with
>me today.
>
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>Rahel,
>
>I have the same problem with a Word document which I merged with another
>document (from Excel). I wasn't the original author of the Word document
>either,
>but I couldn't find anything odd in it. Before the merge, the page numbering
>was
>correct, but after the merge the numbering read "1 of 1", "2 of 1", etc. I
>still
>haven't solved the problem.
>
>Pearl Speear
>Technical writer
>The Netherlands.
>
>
>