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Word 2003 - Multiple page headers, only one page number sequence?

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Dublin73

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Apr 26, 2005
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After going through the help file in Word 2003, I figured out how to put more than one header into my document, using these instructions....

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A document must first be divided into sections (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) in order to create a different header or footer (header and footer: A header, which can consist of text or graphics, appears at the top of every page in a section. A footer appears at the bottom of every page. Headers and footers often contain page numbers, chapter titles, dates, and author names.) for part of a document.

1. If you haven't done so already, insert a section break (section break: A mark you insert to show the end of a section. A section break stores the section formatting elements, such as the margins, page orientation, headers and footers, and sequence of page numbers.) where you want to start a new section that contains a different header or footer.

HideHow?
1. Click where you want to insert a section break (section break: A mark you insert to show the end of a section. A section break stores the section formatting elements, such as the margins, page orientation, headers and footers, and sequence of page numbers.).
2. On the Insert menu, click Break.
3. Under Section break types, click the option that describes where you want the new section (section: A portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and footers.) to begin.
2. Click in the section for which you want to create a different header or footer.
3. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
4. On the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Link to Previous Button image to break the connection between the header and footer in the current section and the previous section.

Microsoft Word no longer displays "Same as Previous" in the upper-right corner of the header or footer.
5. Change the existing header or footer, or create a new one for this section.
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...That worked, but now my page numbers are all screwed up. I've got two sets of page numbers. The footer on the first four pages is correctly numbered 1 of 40, 2 of 40, 3 of 40 and so on. But here's the problem, on page 5, rather than displaying 5 of 40, A new set of page numbers in the footer starts again at 1 of 40, and page 6 is 2 of 40 and so on.

I set my page break at the end of page 4, to allow a different header from page 5 onwards and the new header is displayed correctly from page 5 onwards. How can I change the numbers in the footer though so that only one sequence is used? 1 of 40, 2 of 40, 3 of 40, 4 of 40, 5 of 40, 6 of 40, 7 of 40 etc...

thanks in advance!
 
Figured it out....

went to page 5, View> Header and Footer> Switch Between Header and Footer button> Format Page Number> "Continue from previous section" button
 
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