How to number pages in Word document "1 of 10", "2 of 10", etc.

K

Kaikane

I'm interested in numbering pages of a document to reflect the page number
and total number of pages in that document, such as: "1 of 10", "2 of 10", "3
of 10", etc., ending with "10 of 10". Is this possible to construct in a
Word document?
 
D

Doug Robbins

From the View menu, select Headers and Footers and in the Insert autotext
pulldown on that toolbar, you will find a Page X of Y item which is exactly
what you are looking for.

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP
 
K

Kaikane

Thanks! This works well.

Doug Robbins said:
From the View menu, select Headers and Footers and in the Insert autotext
pulldown on that toolbar, you will find a Page X of Y item which is exactly
what you are looking for.

--
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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L

Ldyflyr

Doug:

I don't see a Page X or Y option - do I need to do something to make it
appear as an option?
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

In a new document, from the main menu bar, choose Insert | AutoText. Do you
see a list of categories? If so, in the Header/Footer category, do you see
"Page X of Y"? If so, you should also see it on the AutoText menu on the
Header and Footer toolbar. If not, it's possible that you've saved a
document or template as Normal.dot, which will wipe out the default AutoText
entries.
 
L

Ldyflyr

Suzanne:

I think you are right - I am using a template someone else created. Is there
a way to get the values back? Could I save the document to a new file and
would that work?

Thanks
 
S

Suzanne S. Barnhill

Regardless of the document template, you should still have the default
AutoText entries that are in the Normal.dot global template. If you have
installed a Normal.dot template supplied by someone else, then see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm for instructions on
getting the default Normal.dot back. If your Normal.dot is intact, then you
could copy/paste or Insert your file into a new Blank Document, but you
would lose the formatting provided by the document template, along with any
macros, toolbars, AutoText entries, etc., provided by that template. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm
 
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