Inserting an Additional Page in a Long Doc

[jwerwin80]

Okay -- here's the situation. We're using word to do several long (400
page +) in-house manuals. Most of the procedures in each manual are
just a few pages long, but there are a lot of procedures. One of my
co-workers is doing an update to a procedure that makes it a few pages
longer. She wants to send just the new pages (in the middle of the
book) to users without disrupting the pagination of the whole book.

Her solution is to have a pages 344-A, 344-B, 344-C, etc.. The way she
is doing this is by creating a section break, and manually enterting
the number 344 and then having the system autonumber the A,B,C. Then
she creates another section break, and has the pages start renumbering
automatically.

The first issue is that page 344 is an even numbered page, but the
letter A is an odd numbered page. When she creates 344-A, the system
inserts a blank page between page 333 and 344-A. The system doesn't
want to allow to odd numbered pages in a row (pages 333 and page A). Is
there a way to override this?

My concern is that she's going to have to manually update the page 344
in future updates. This is very kluge, but what I'd like to be able to
do is have the system recognize pages 344-A, 344-b, etc. and have it
auto number both the 344 and the A,B,C.

Any suggestions?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

This method of page numbering and updating is a poor idea. It has resulted
in deaths (literally, not just carreer).
--
Charles Kenyon

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[jwerwin80]

Yeah -- I agree that it's a really bad idea. She's redoing the whole
book next month and giving it a structure that's a little more sane.