Unable to add page numbers in Word

I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found the section
on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution. But...I have
followed the instructions about moving the Building Blocks file so that Word
will rebuild the file but it did not work for me. What shall I try next?

Page numbers are merely fields in the page header/footer. Open the
header/footer - press CTRL+F9, then between the brackets type PAGE. Press F9
to update the field and if necessary ALT+F9 to display the result. You don't
need building blocks for this.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Grandma Barb wrote:
I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found the
section on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution.
But...I have followed the instructions about moving the Building
Blocks file so that Word will rebuild the file but it did not work
for me. What shall I try next?

Go to "Insert" at the top and then choose "page numbers".

"Grandma Barb" wrote:

I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found the section
on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution. But...I have
followed the instructions about moving the Building Blocks file so that Word
will rebuild the file but it did not work for me. What shall I try next?

My problem is that this method gives me grayed out icons that do not work

"Emerdie" wrote:

Go to "Insert" at the top and then choose "page numbers".

"Grandma Barb" wrote:

I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found the section
on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution. But...I have
followed the instructions about moving the Building Blocks file so that Word
will rebuild the file but it did not work for me. What shall I try next?

Where are you seeing the "grayed out icons"?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Grandma Barb" wrote in message
...
My problem is that this method gives me grayed out icons that do not work

"Emerdie" wrote:

Go to "Insert" at the top and then choose "page numbers".

"Grandma Barb" wrote:

I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found the
section
on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution.
But...I have
followed the instructions about moving the Building Blocks file so that
Word
will rebuild the file but it did not work for me. What shall I try
next?

The grayed out icons are found in the Insert tab , header & footer section,
Page Number. None of the top four selections are active: bottom of page,
top of page, page numbers, or current positions.

I still get the window saying Word cannot open this document template.
(C:\=\...\1033\Building blocks.dotx) when I try to insert a text box. I
moved the Building blocks file to another folder and closed down word and
came back up but that did not seem to correct that problem.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Where are you seeing the "grayed out icons"?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Grandma Barb" wrote in message
...
My problem is that this method gives me grayed out icons that do not work

"Emerdie" wrote:

Go to "Insert" at the top and then choose "page numbers".

"Grandma Barb" wrote:

I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found the
section
on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution.
But...I have
followed the instructions about moving the Building Blocks file so that
Word
will rebuild the file but it did not work for me. What shall I try
next?

I'm not sure how much of this you've already read or done (some of it, I
think), but I found the following references that might help:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...033461033.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925175
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933312

The last one especially seems to address your issue directly.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Grandma Barb" wrote in message
...
The grayed out icons are found in the Insert tab , header & footer
section,
Page Number. None of the top four selections are active: bottom of page,
top of page, page numbers, or current positions.

I still get the window saying Word cannot open this document template.
(C:\=\...\1033\Building blocks.dotx) when I try to insert a text box. I
moved the Building blocks file to another folder and closed down word and
came back up but that did not seem to correct that problem.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Where are you seeing the "grayed out icons"?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Grandma Barb" wrote in message
...
My problem is that this method gives me grayed out icons that do not
work

"Emerdie" wrote:

Go to "Insert" at the top and then choose "page numbers".

"Grandma Barb" wrote:

I am unable to insert page numbers in my Word documents. I found
the
section
on this topic and was elated to see that there is a solution.
But...I have
followed the instructions about moving the Building Blocks file so
that
Word
will rebuild the file but it did not work for me. What shall I try
next?