Word 2007-First page numbering designation 3

[cjbrown815]

Hello,
How do I get my page numbering to start at page one from page three? I have my cover, then my table of contents, now I want my page 1, but, word is designating it as page 3.


Thanks

-CJ

SQL2005// CRXIr2// XP Pro

"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be"
-KHALIL GIBRAN 1883-1931

 

[kjv1611]

Enter a page break between page 2 and 3, then tell Word you want the footer to be different before/after the break, and it'll probably work that way. I just did this with a header yesterday (Word 2007), but didn't try page numbers.

Also, is this going to be printed, or left in digital format? Does it require being in Microsoft Word format? Reason I'm asking is you could do something similar, I think, with an Adobe Portfolio (using Adobe Acrobat Pro)... which may or may not be an option for you in your situation.

 

[cjbrown815]

Thank you, I am going to be converting it to adobe. I'll let adobe do the page numbering. Great idea!!

-CJ

SQL2005// CRXIr2// XP Pro

"Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be"
-KHALIL GIBRAN 1883-1931

 

[Lilliabeth]

For future reference: place a section break before the third page. Insert the page number in that section and format it to start at 1.

--Lilliabeth

 

[fumei]

Yes...Section break, not page break.

Gerry

 

[kjv1611]

Why does it matter to use a Section Break instead of a Page Break? I just do not know a thing about section breaks. I was just glancing at the options (there are 4 types of section breaks in '07 at least).

 

[fumei]

Because:

Enter a page break between page 2 and 3, then tell Word you want the footer to be different before/after the break,

This may not be the case. A page break may NOT - and usually does not - change footer content.

If only Primary is being used a page break CAN NOT have different footers before/after the break.

A Section break does. Well...it should, but unfortunately, IMO, Word does this backwards. I think new sections should default to new content. Word is the opposie. It make Same As Previous the default.

Gerry

 

[kjv1611]

So, the footers and headers act differently with page breaks? The reason I'm asking is because when I put in a page break, it was a piece of cake to use different content for the header before the page break than after the page break. I did not try with a footer.

 

[fumei]

Headers and footers (in this case0 are the same. So no, headers and footers do not act differently.

The reason I'm asking is because when I put in a page break, it was a piece of cake to use different content for the header before the page break than after the page break. I did not try with a footer.

Please describe how you did the page breaks, AND if you have previously set DifferentFirstPage and DifferentOddEven.

Because if you had NOT set those, then no, putting a manual page break does NOT allow you to change header content before/after that page break. The header (or footer) will be the same on either side.

A section break always allows you to change header/footer content, as that is the very definition of header/footer content.

Headers/footers are child objects of Sections, not pages.

This is why it is very possible (and in good design actually done as such) to have three different headers...even though the document only has ONE page.

Gerry

 

[kjv1611]

Okay, I think I see how mine worked without doing a Section break then.

In my case, I only needed a separate header on the main page, then one separate for the rest of the document. So, really, I suppose I didn't need any page break at all, just found it mentioned elsewhere.

When I go in to edit the header (Word 2007 if I didn't already mention that), under the Header & Footer Tools Design tab, there is a check box for "Different First Page". So all I had to do was check that box, and I was all set.

So what you're saying is that if you want to have different headers and footers throughout, the page break break will not work, but a section break will. That's definitely interesting. Probably something I tried to do in the past, but just don't remember.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[fumei]

, the page break break will not work, but a section break will. "

Not quite.

A page break WILL work (to allow different headers) IF, and only if, the break changes the page number from odd to even (or even to odd) AND it is the FIRST time this change has occur in that section

That there is a lot of conditions.

In other words:

1. different odd/even is set = True
2. you are on page 7 (thus a change between odd and even has occured)...then

a page break will NEVER allow different new content before/after the break. The before/after is set by what ever is in the header between the first change odd/even.

A Section break always allows content change from previous headers/footers.

Same applies to your case. You DID set DifferentFirstPage = True - by clicking the checkbox. Thus a page break (terminating the first page) switches the active header to Primary (assuming DifferentOddEven = False). Thus yes, you can have different content between the prior page (page 1) and the new page.

Gerry