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Subject:Re: Word 97 - TOC and page numbers From:Diane Giangrossi <dgiangrossi -at- BAKERHILL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:06:31 -0500
I think the trick is this: Make sure that you have a section break after the
TOC, before the booklet text begins. Go to your footer (or your header,
depending on where the page numbering is. While you're in header/footer
view, one of the icons is a little numbered page with a hand holding it;
click on it to bring up the Page Number Format dialog box. (There's probably
another way to get to it, but that's how I access it.) Now, for the body of
the booklet, you want there to be page numbering, so make sure that you've
inserted the page number field and then select 1 in the Start At drop-down
list. For the TOC, make sure that you delete the page number field in the
header or footer.
If that doesn't make sense, or doesn't work, let me know, and I'll try to
help further.
dgiangrossi -at- bakerhill -dot- com
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> Subject: Word 97 - TOC and page numbers
>
> I am creating a small help booklet using Microsoft Word and these page
> numbers are driving me crazy!
>
> No cover pages are included in this document. It simply starts with the
> Table of Contents, which is two pages. The third page is the actual
> beginning of my booklet. I would like to begin my page numbering on page
> three and call it page 1. However, when I add the page numbers, Word
> insists
> on the following:
>
> TOC page 1 - no page number
> TOC page 2 - page 2
> Book page 1 - page 1
> Book page 2 - page 2
> etc.
>
> Does anyone know of a way around this? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Before anyone suggests that I don't use Word as a solution - I do not have
> a
> choice in this case - another software package is not an option (despite
> the
> fact that I would prefer another package).
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Debbie Packer
>
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