Footer/Header to appear only when there is a second page

K

Kamitsukenu

Hi there,

I'm trying to create a Footer saying "Continued" and the header on the next
page to say

"Page <n>
Quotation continued" where <n> is the page number, but only where there is
more than one page; if there is only one page I'd like it to be blank.

Can this be done?

Thank you!

John
 
J

Jezebel

yes and no. With judicious use of section breaks and the 'different first
page' and 'different odd/even' settings on File > Page Setup > Layout, you
can create different headers and footers to do what you want.

But that said, this is a bad approach. For one thing, readers understand
already about turning the page. You don't need to give instructions about
that. 'Continued next page' is a stupidity on par with 'this page
intentionally left blank'.
 
K

Kamitsukenu

Thank you for your reply,

You haven't met some of our customers! They're still surprised when we have
extra tabs in excel spreadsheets containing "more information". ;)

I take your point, but I am simply trying to recreate an existing, and might
I add very poorly laid out document, as it's driving me crazy!

So what exactly is a 'section break' and when/how should I use it?
 
R

Robert M. Franz (RMF)

Hi John
I'm trying to create a Footer saying "Continued" and the header on the next
page to say

"Page <n>
Quotation continued" where <n> is the page number, but only where there is
more than one page; if there is only one page I'd like it to be blank.
Click to expand...

I can see a solution w/o any section breaks.

In your document (template), force Word unto a second page (a temporary
page break, or a couple of <Return> keys will do). In the footer, you
insert an IF field that checks if NUMPAGES is larger than 1, and nest in
it another IF field that checks whether you are on the last page. If
both conditions are true, you show whatever you want it to show. Same
thing can be done with the header.

Including "Different first page" in File | Page setup will simplify the
IF fields a bit.

HTH
Robert
 
J

Jezebel

I have met your customers; in my experience they are never quite as stupid
as those who blame them for their own incompetence. Pandering to your own
shortcomings won't make life easier for your readers.

If you don't know what a section break is, try "Word for Dummies".
 
K

Kamitsukenu

Have i done something wrong?

Jezebel said:
I have met your customers; in my experience they are never quite as stupid
as those who blame them for their own incompetence. Pandering to your own
shortcomings won't make life easier for your readers.

If you don't know what a section break is, try "Word for Dummies".
Click to expand...
 
D

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

Use a First Page Footer and in it place the following field construction:

{ IF { PAGE } < { NUMPAGES } "Continued" "" }

using Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { } and Alt+F9 to
toggle off the display.

Then in the Second page header insert the text tahat you want to appear on
that page.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
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