A Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) forum. OfficeFrustration

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » OfficeFrustration forum » Microsoft Word » Page Layout
Site Map Home Register Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read  

Creating a manual - how to implement page changes



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old September 29th, 2009, 06:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
John G
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 13
Default Creating a manual - how to implement page changes

Greetings. We have a Company Operations Manual. Often we have updates of a
few pages, including the TOC. We use the header/footer to indicate the
revision date of the pages. Unfortunately it does it for all pages and if we
need to update one page, we are forced to change the header/footer for all
the pages in the section, unless we create a new section for every page
change. This would make a huge headache. Publisher seems to do this fine with
it's "Master" page option. Does Word have a feature like this or is there a
solution to our problem? Thanks.
  #2  
Old October 6th, 2009, 07:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Stefan Blom[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,556
Default Creating a manual - how to implement page changes

In Word, you need section breaks to change the header and/or footer for a
single page. It won't be easy to maintain, as you've already noticed.

I guess you could experiment with a text box anchored to a paragraph on the
page but positioned so that it appears to be in the header area. However,
this is probably no more easy than using (a lot of) section breaks.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"John G" John wrote in message
...
Greetings. We have a Company Operations Manual. Often we have updates of a
few pages, including the TOC. We use the header/footer to indicate the
revision date of the pages. Unfortunately it does it for all pages and if
we
need to update one page, we are forced to change the header/footer for all
the pages in the section, unless we create a new section for every page
change. This would make a huge headache. Publisher seems to do this fine
with
it's "Master" page option. Does Word have a feature like this or is there
a
solution to our problem? Thanks.



  #3  
Old October 6th, 2009, 09:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
John G
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 13
Default Creating a manual - how to implement page changes

That's what I was afraid of. Microsoft Publisher does it with a "Master" page
that would do the trick, but it fails miserably when attempting to use a
numbered list. Oh well, guess section breaks will have to do. Thanks for the
help.

John

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

In Word, you need section breaks to change the header and/or footer for a
single page. It won't be easy to maintain, as you've already noticed.

I guess you could experiment with a text box anchored to a paragraph on the
page but positioned so that it appears to be in the header area. However,
this is probably no more easy than using (a lot of) section breaks.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"John G" John wrote in message
...
Greetings. We have a Company Operations Manual. Often we have updates of a
few pages, including the TOC. We use the header/footer to indicate the
revision date of the pages. Unfortunately it does it for all pages and if
we
need to update one page, we are forced to change the header/footer for all
the pages in the section, unless we create a new section for every page
change. This would make a huge headache. Publisher seems to do this fine
with
it's "Master" page option. Does Word have a feature like this or is there
a
solution to our problem? Thanks.




  #4  
Old October 6th, 2009, 11:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 404
Default Creating a manual - how to implement page changes

You could put the date in a text box that is anchored on the changed page but
placed in the margin area.

Pam

John G wrote:
That's what I was afraid of. Microsoft Publisher does it with a "Master" page
that would do the trick, but it fails miserably when attempting to use a
numbered list. Oh well, guess section breaks will have to do. Thanks for the
help.

John

In Word, you need section breaks to change the header and/or footer for a
single page. It won't be easy to maintain, as you've already noticed.

[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
a
solution to our problem? Thanks.


--
Message posted via OfficeKB.com
http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ayout/200910/1

  #5  
Old October 7th, 2009, 09:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
Stefan Blom[_3_]
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,556
Default Creating a manual - how to implement page changes

That was exactly what I suggested too. :-)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Pamelia Caswell via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message
news:9d34c4ce70265@uwe...
You could put the date in a text box that is anchored on the changed page
but
placed in the margin area.

Pam

John G wrote:
That's what I was afraid of. Microsoft Publisher does it with a "Master"
page
that would do the trick, but it fails miserably when attempting to use a
numbered list. Oh well, guess section breaks will have to do. Thanks for
the
help.

John

In Word, you need section breaks to change the header and/or footer for
a
single page. It won't be easy to maintain, as you've already noticed.

[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
a
solution to our problem? Thanks.


--
Message posted via OfficeKB.com
http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ayout/200910/1



 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 02:17 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 OfficeFrustration.
The comments are property of their posters.