Long document special page numbering

[Gilles Desjardins]

Hello everyone,

Puzzle: How to number a long document with amendment pages? That is once an
official document is written and paginated, it will change through
amendments throughout the years.Is it possible to number the "new" pages
like the following example:
Page 300-01. The original document is page 300 but the new version with
change bar and all should have a dash 01 etc.

All suggestions are welcomed

Gilles Desjardins

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

There is no way that can be done automatically, and I would strongly suggest
that you do not do it, as, over the years other things will change such as
the printer that you use to print the document and that may result in a
change in the way that the document is paginated.

It is the sort of thing that was done in the days of typewriters. You are
in the computer age now and should take advantage of the improvements in
technology that have been introduced with it.

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[Gilles Desjardins]

Thanks Doug,

Perhaps we move in the computer world, you & I, but the city councils don't.
;-)

Gilles

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Tell them to use a type writer to put the number on each page. <g>

You can do something like

{IF { PAGE } > 300 { IF { PAGE } < 304 "{ = { PAGE } - { SEQ extra }-{ = {
PAGE } -300 \# "00" }" "{ = { PAGE } - 3 }"} { PAGE } }

But using a typewriter is probably easier.

Of course, if you are just printing the extra pages, and they are in a
separate document, then you can use

300-0{ PAGE }

Then you pages will be numbered 300-01, 300-02, 300-03, etc.

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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

 

[Gilles Desjardins]

Thanks Doug, awesome programming twist & pirouettes.

Where would one find information on the language to program fields?

Gilles

 

[Graham Mayor]

Try macropod's maths tutorial linked from
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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[Gilles Desjardins]

Thank you Graham,

Looks like I have some reading to do.


Gilles