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Omit Page # on first page
Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of
headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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Omit Page # on first page
You're close... the field is { IF { PAGE } 1, { PAGE } }. Another way
to do this is to click on File | Page Setup | Layout | check the "Different first page" box. JethroUK© wrote: Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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g-n-o,
Why the comma? Jethro, Yours should work as well. The speach marks are extraneous. Are you sure that you are using CTRL+F9 to enter all pairs of field code brackets? -- Greg Maxey A peer in "peer to peer" support Rockledge, FL To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in garfield-n-odie wrote: You're close... the field is { IF { PAGE } 1, { PAGE } }. Another way to do this is to click on File | Page Setup | Layout | check the "Different first page" box. JethroUK© wrote: Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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Sorry, Greg and Jethro, just a habit from Excel. The comma isn't
absolutely necessary in this case, but doesn't hurt in this case either. Greg Maxey wrote: g-n-o, Why the comma? Jethro, Yours should work as well. The speach marks are extraneous. Are you sure that you are using CTRL+F9 to enter all pairs of field code brackets? |
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CTRL F9 was my problem - i entered it all manually - thanx
"Greg Maxey" wrote in message ... g-n-o, Why the comma? Jethro, Yours should work as well. The speach marks are extraneous. Are you sure that you are using CTRL+F9 to enter all pairs of field code brackets? -- Greg Maxey A peer in "peer to peer" support Rockledge, FL To e-mail, edit out the "w...spam" in garfield-n-odie wrote: You're close... the field is { IF { PAGE } 1, { PAGE } }. Another way to do this is to click on File | Page Setup | Layout | check the "Different first page" box. JethroUK© wrote: Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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'different 1st page' sections the doc doesn't it? - so you have to enter 2
sets of headers/footers, which is very untidy it would be better if Word entered the condition instead of breaking up the document "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... You're close... the field is { IF { PAGE } 1, { PAGE } }. Another way to do this is to click on File | Page Setup | Layout | check the "Different first page" box. JethroUK© wrote: Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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Selecting "different first page" does not create a new section. If you
don't want anything in the first page header and footer, you don't have to create them... just create one header and footer on page 2. Like many things in Word, there's more than one way to do something, and this is just a different way. I offered it as a suggestion because today another poster was offered a solution involving fields and replied "Yikes, I don't know anything about fields... hieroglyphics... is there another way?" JethroUK© wrote: 'different 1st page' sections the doc doesn't it? - so you have to enter 2 sets of headers/footers, which is very untidy it would be better if Word entered the condition instead of breaking up the document "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... You're close... the field is { IF { PAGE } 1, { PAGE } }. Another way to do this is to click on File | Page Setup | Layout | check the "Different first page" box. JethroUK© wrote: Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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Omit Page # on first page
"garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Selecting "different first page" does not create a new section. then what does it do? i need to use the simplest way to setup headers/footers, but leave out page numbering on 1 st page - when using built-in methods it sections off the 1st page, so any other header/footer information has to be repeated in 2nd page (section) If you don't want anything in the first page header and footer, you don't have to create them... just create one header and footer on page 2. Like many things in Word, there's more than one way to do something, and this is just a different way. I offered it as a suggestion because today another poster was offered a solution involving fields and replied "Yikes, I don't know anything about fields... hieroglyphics... is there another way?" JethroUK© wrote: 'different 1st page' sections the doc doesn't it? - so you have to enter 2 sets of headers/footers, which is very untidy it would be better if Word entered the condition instead of breaking up the document "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... You're close... the field is { IF { PAGE } 1, { PAGE } }. Another way to do this is to click on File | Page Setup | Layout | check the "Different first page" box. JethroUK© wrote: Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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For what you want to do with the page number, either method is equally
"simple" IMHO. Some people want different text and/or graphics in the header/footer of the first page than other pages (e.g., electronic letterhead, running heads), and "different first page" allows for this without having to insert a section break. JethroUK© wrote: "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Selecting "different first page" does not create a new section. then what does it do? i need to use the simplest way to setup headers/footers, but leave out page numbering on 1 st page - when using built-in methods it sections off the 1st page, so any other header/footer information has to be repeated in 2nd page (section) If you don't want anything in the first page header and footer, you don't have to create them... just create one header and footer on page 2. Like many things in Word, there's more than one way to do something, and this is just a different way. I offered it as a suggestion because today another poster was offered a solution involving fields and replied "Yikes, I don't know anything about fields... hieroglyphics... is there another way?" JethroUK© wrote: 'different 1st page' sections the doc doesn't it? - so you have to enter 2 sets of headers/footers, which is very untidy it would be better if Word entered the condition instead of breaking up the document "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... You're close... the field is { IF { PAGE } 1, { PAGE } }. Another way to do this is to click on File | Page Setup | Layout | check the "Different first page" box. JethroUK© wrote: Is there a method of omitting page number on 1st and retaining the rest of headers/footers (so it doesn't have to be typed in again) someone suggested: { IF { Page } 1 "{ Page }" } sounds logical, but i cant get this to work at all - do fields use IF operator? |
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"JethroUK©" wrote in message ... "garfield-n-odie" wrote in message ... Selecting "different first page" does not create a new section. then what does it do? Creates (or rather, gives visibility to) a separate header and footer for the first page of the section or doc. Similarly, 'Different Odd and Even' gives visibility to a separate 'even' header and footer. i need to use the simplest way to setup headers/footers, but leave out page numbering on 1 st page - when using built-in methods it sections off the 1st page, so any other header/footer information has to be repeated in 2nd page (section) You are right that you need to set up the headers and footers in two places if you use different 1st page - but it is confusing to think of this as 'sectioning off' - there is no Word Section Break involved. If you set this up in a template it's a once-off copying operation - use temporary page breaks so you can see all the headers and footers while you work on them, then delete the page breaks. Thereafter, those headers and footers will appear/disappear according to the pages you have and the 'different first page' page layout switch. -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org |
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