"Customized" Footer on Each Page of a Doc?

[Megan Oswada]

I'm trying to insert different text on various pages within the footer of a 30-page document. Certain text will remain the same on ALL pages ("autodate" and "page __ of __"), but I'd like to include additional specific language on a handful of pages (for sub-section reference purposes). Is this possible?

I hope I'm explaining this well enough to have someone help me out. Thanks!

 

[Jezebel]

You can have a different footer for each section of a document, so at a
minimum you insert section breaks for the pages where the footer needs to be
different, and customize the footer in each case. Be sure you understand
what's going on with the 'Same as previous' button on the Headers and
Footers toolbar.

If the specific information is drawn from the body of the document (eg
section or sub-section headings, or indeed any paragraph formatted with a
specific style) you can use StyleRef fields instead. Much less work!

I'm trying to insert different text on various pages within the footer

of a 30-page document. Certain text will remain the same on ALL pages
("autodate" and "page __ of __"), but I'd like to include additional
specific language on a handful of pages (for sub-section reference
purposes). Is this possible?

I hope I'm explaining this well enough to have someone help me out.

Thanks!

 

[Megan Oswada]

Thanks, Jezebel, for your quick reply

I tried tutoring myself via the "Help" feature with respect to inserting Section Breaks, but I was not able to insert a break within the footer itself. I'm not familiar with the features of the "Same As Previous" button; I tried utilizing it, but apparently I need to do more research and educate myself better because I still could not get different text starting at different parts of the document. I'll keep on trying.... thanks again

----- Jezebel wrote: ----

You can have a different footer for each section of a document, so at
minimum you insert section breaks for the pages where the footer needs to b
different, and customize the footer in each case. Be sure you understan
what's going on with the 'Same as previous' button on the Headers an
Footers toolbar

If the specific information is drawn from the body of the document (e
section or sub-section headings, or indeed any paragraph formatted with
specific style) you can use StyleRef fields instead. Much less work



of a 30-page document. Certain text will remain the same on ALL page
("autodate" and "page __ of __"), but I'd like to include additiona
specific language on a handful of pages (for sub-section referenc
purposes). Is this possibleThanks

 

[Megan Oswada]

Jezebel

May I ask you, what type of Section Break do I want to use within my footer? The "next page" or "continuous" one? And, why doesn't my "same as previous" button show up when I'm viewing the header/footer

Thanks.

 

[Jezebel]

You don't put the section breaks in the footer. You put them in the body of
the document. Each section can (but need not) have its own headers and
footers. The 'Same as previous' should always be present on the Headers and
Footers toolbar (it has two miniature pages, with an arrow linking the
second to the first). It will be disabled if you are viewing the headers and
footers for section 1 because there is no previous section. If this button
is missing, right-click on any toolbar, select customize, then right-click
on the headers and footers toolbar and select 'Reset'.

May I suggest that before working on your main document, create a dummy doc,
insert some pages, insert some section breaks, and play around with the
headers and footers and with the settings on the File > Page Setup : Layout
tab. It takes only a few minutes to get the hang of it all (as opposed to
spending all day cleaning up the mess if you screw up your working
document).

Jezebel:

May I ask you, what type of Section Break do I want to use within my

footer? The "next page" or "continuous" one? And, why doesn't my "same as
previous" button show up when I'm viewing the header/footer?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And before you get carried away with section breaks, let me reemphasize a
point in Jezebel's original reply that you may have missed: there's a very
good chance that you can use a StyleRef field in the footer and not need
section breaks at all. See Word's Help under "Field codes: StyleRef field."