footers in Word

Using MS Word from Office 2000. Want to change data in footer to distinguish
different changes made to a document, e.g., annotate some pages as derived
from change 1 to the document and other pages as change 2 to the document.
Change 1 or change 2 can affect any of the pages in no particular sequence,
and be interspersed throughout the document. believe it's not
practical/desirable to insert section breaks everywhere the document has been
changed - as usually done to modify footer info. how else to do it?

You might investigate the StyleRef field to see if it might do what you
want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Using MS Word from Office 2000. Want to change data in footer to
distinguish
different changes made to a document, e.g., annotate some pages as derived
from change 1 to the document and other pages as change 2 to the document.
Change 1 or change 2 can affect any of the pages in no particular
sequence,
and be interspersed throughout the document. believe it's not
practical/desirable to insert section breaks everywhere the document has
been
changed - as usually done to modify footer info. how else to do it?

Thanks. I can use styleref to input a "styled" response field, as you
suggest. But the dilemma comes from where the field/change reference needs to
be placed, i.e., in the footer. Believe that's where it remains until/unless
I insert another section break to remove "Change 1" from the footer or
re-enter it as "Change 2", etc. And inserting all those section breaks is
what I'd like to avoid, being somewhat awkward with the many changed pages
that I have to deal with.

Any way around the "change via section break" scenario? The term "Change x"
needs to appear in the footer adjacent to the page number, that is also
inserted/calculated in the footer.

Inserting the data is easy. Making it go away or be something else is what I
can't do easily.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You might investigate the StyleRef field to see if it might do what you
want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Using MS Word from Office 2000. Want to change data in footer to
distinguish
different changes made to a document, e.g., annotate some pages as derived
from change 1 to the document and other pages as change 2 to the document.
Change 1 or change 2 can affect any of the pages in no particular
sequence,
and be interspersed throughout the document. believe it's not
practical/desirable to insert section breaks everywhere the document has
been
changed - as usually done to modify footer info. how else to do it?

The idea of the StyleRef field is that you put a paragraph on the page in a
given style, and whatever appears in that style on a given page shows up in
the footer. So you put "Change 1" somewhere on the page, and it appears in
the footer. For pages with no change, you insert an empty paragraph in the
given style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I can use styleref to input a "styled" response field, as you
suggest. But the dilemma comes from where the field/change reference needs
to
be placed, i.e., in the footer. Believe that's where it remains
until/unless
I insert another section break to remove "Change 1" from the footer or
re-enter it as "Change 2", etc. And inserting all those section breaks is
what I'd like to avoid, being somewhat awkward with the many changed pages
that I have to deal with.

Any way around the "change via section break" scenario? The term "Change
x"
needs to appear in the footer adjacent to the page number, that is also
inserted/calculated in the footer.

Inserting the data is easy. Making it go away or be something else is what
I
can't do easily.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You might investigate the StyleRef field to see if it might do what you
want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Using MS Word from Office 2000. Want to change data in footer to
distinguish
different changes made to a document, e.g., annotate some pages as
derived
from change 1 to the document and other pages as change 2 to the
document.
Change 1 or change 2 can affect any of the pages in no particular
sequence,
and be interspersed throughout the document. believe it's not
practical/desirable to insert section breaks everywhere the document
has
been
changed - as usually done to modify footer info. how else to do it?

So that's what you meant. Thanks. Never inserted a field before, so i'm
having a bit of difficulty inserting StyleRef in the proper manner. On-line
help not helping me much, but I'll keep trying.

The style I need to use is hidden text style, so that "change 1" doesn't
actually show up anywhere except in the footer. Hope that's workable.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The idea of the StyleRef field is that you put a paragraph on the page in a
given style, and whatever appears in that style on a given page shows up in
the footer. So you put "Change 1" somewhere on the page, and it appears in
the footer. For pages with no change, you insert an empty paragraph in the
given style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I can use styleref to input a "styled" response field, as you
suggest. But the dilemma comes from where the field/change reference needs
to
be placed, i.e., in the footer. Believe that's where it remains
until/unless
I insert another section break to remove "Change 1" from the footer or
re-enter it as "Change 2", etc. And inserting all those section breaks is
what I'd like to avoid, being somewhat awkward with the many changed pages
that I have to deal with.

Any way around the "change via section break" scenario? The term "Change
x"
needs to appear in the footer adjacent to the page number, that is also
inserted/calculated in the footer.

Inserting the data is easy. Making it go away or be something else is what
I
can't do easily.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You might investigate the StyleRef field to see if it might do what you
want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Using MS Word from Office 2000. Want to change data in footer to
distinguish
different changes made to a document, e.g., annotate some pages as
derived
from change 1 to the document and other pages as change 2 to the
document.
Change 1 or change 2 can affect any of the pages in no particular
sequence,
and be interspersed throughout the document. believe it's not
practical/desirable to insert section breaks everywhere the document
has
been
changed - as usually done to modify footer info. how else to do it?

Unfortunately, "Hidden" is the one font property that the StyleRef field
*does* pick up (this is very frustrating and may be corrected in a future
version). But you can use Font Color: White and Font Size: 1 pt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
So that's what you meant. Thanks. Never inserted a field before, so i'm
having a bit of difficulty inserting StyleRef in the proper manner.
On-line
help not helping me much, but I'll keep trying.

The style I need to use is hidden text style, so that "change 1" doesn't
actually show up anywhere except in the footer. Hope that's workable.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The idea of the StyleRef field is that you put a paragraph on the page
in a
given style, and whatever appears in that style on a given page shows up
in
the footer. So you put "Change 1" somewhere on the page, and it appears
in
the footer. For pages with no change, you insert an empty paragraph in
the
given style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I can use styleref to input a "styled" response field, as you
suggest. But the dilemma comes from where the field/change reference
needs
to
be placed, i.e., in the footer. Believe that's where it remains
until/unless
I insert another section break to remove "Change 1" from the footer or
re-enter it as "Change 2", etc. And inserting all those section breaks
is
what I'd like to avoid, being somewhat awkward with the many changed
pages
that I have to deal with.

Any way around the "change via section break" scenario? The term
"Change
x"
needs to appear in the footer adjacent to the page number, that is
also
inserted/calculated in the footer.

Inserting the data is easy. Making it go away or be something else is
what
I
can't do easily.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You might investigate the StyleRef field to see if it might do what
you
want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Using MS Word from Office 2000. Want to change data in footer to
distinguish
different changes made to a document, e.g., annotate some pages as
derived
from change 1 to the document and other pages as change 2 to the
document.
Change 1 or change 2 can affect any of the pages in no particular
sequence,
and be interspersed throughout the document. believe it's not
practical/desirable to insert section breaks everywhere the
document
has
been
changed - as usually done to modify footer info. how else to do
it?

Pretty sneaky! I'll try that. Still not doing it right when I try to insert
the StyleRef field.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Unfortunately, "Hidden" is the one font property that the StyleRef field
*does* pick up (this is very frustrating and may be corrected in a future
version). But you can use Font Color: White and Font Size: 1 pt.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
So that's what you meant. Thanks. Never inserted a field before, so i'm
having a bit of difficulty inserting StyleRef in the proper manner.
On-line
help not helping me much, but I'll keep trying.

The style I need to use is hidden text style, so that "change 1" doesn't
actually show up anywhere except in the footer. Hope that's workable.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The idea of the StyleRef field is that you put a paragraph on the page
in a
given style, and whatever appears in that style on a given page shows up
in
the footer. So you put "Change 1" somewhere on the page, and it appears
in
the footer. For pages with no change, you insert an empty paragraph in
the
given style.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Thanks. I can use styleref to input a "styled" response field, as you
suggest. But the dilemma comes from where the field/change reference
needs
to
be placed, i.e., in the footer. Believe that's where it remains
until/unless
I insert another section break to remove "Change 1" from the footer or
re-enter it as "Change 2", etc. And inserting all those section breaks
is
what I'd like to avoid, being somewhat awkward with the many changed
pages
that I have to deal with.

Any way around the "change via section break" scenario? The term
"Change
x"
needs to appear in the footer adjacent to the page number, that is
also
inserted/calculated in the footer.

Inserting the data is easy. Making it go away or be something else is
what
I
can't do easily.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You might investigate the StyleRef field to see if it might do what
you
want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"luddite427" wrote in message
...
Using MS Word from Office 2000. Want to change data in footer to
distinguish
different changes made to a document, e.g., annotate some pages as
derived
from change 1 to the document and other pages as change 2 to the
document.
Change 1 or change 2 can affect any of the pages in no particular
sequence,
and be interspersed throughout the document. believe it's not
practical/desirable to insert section breaks everywhere the
document
has
been
changed - as usually done to modify footer info. how else to do
it?