Supressing Footer on Last Page

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Harold

I work with documents. Most have footers with "page x of
y." Most also have, just above that the page x of y a line
for initials. I want to keep the page numbers but suppress
the initial line on the last page (where the docs are
signed).

I inserted a continuous section break at the beginning of
the last page. Then I deleted the initial line in the last
page footer. Problem: It disappeared throughout the
document.

How can I keep the initial line in the footer on all
pages, except the last one, while keeping the page
numbering footer the same?

Thanks.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Two issues:

1. A section break is not necessary. You can do what you want with a
conditional field:

{ IF { PAGE } < { NUMPAGES } "Text you want to appear on every page but
the last" }

2. If you do insert a section break, then you have to disable Same as
Previous in the footer for the last section before deleting anything from
it.
 
G

Guest

Suzanne,

Thanks. I tried that. Now on each page, including the
last, I get the full phrase, i.e, {IF [ PAGE < etc.

What could be wrong?

thanks again.

Harold
 
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Dayo Mitchell

Hi Harold,

To create a field, instead of having this as text, you have to insert the
braces {} by hitting control-F9, *not* by typing them.

To show the results of the field instead of the field codes, select the
field and hit shift-F9.

Hope that helps,
DM


[email protected] said:
Suzanne,

Thanks. I tried that. Now on each page, including the
last, I get the full phrase, i.e, {IF [ PAGE < etc.

What could be wrong?

thanks again.

Harold


-----Original Message-----
Two issues:

1. A section break is not necessary. You can do what you want with a
conditional field:

{ IF { PAGE } < { NUMPAGES } "Text you want to appear on every page but
the last" }

2. If you do insert a section break, then you have to disable Same as
Previous in the footer for the last section before deleting anything from
it.





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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - DELETE UPPERCASE CHARACT

Either you did not use Ctrl+F9 to insert each pair of field delimiters { }
or you need to toggle off the display of field codes by using Alt+F9.

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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP
Suzanne,

Thanks. I tried that. Now on each page, including the
last, I get the full phrase, i.e, {IF [ PAGE < etc.

What could be wrong?

thanks again.

Harold


-----Original Message-----
Two issues:

1. A section break is not necessary. You can do what you want with a
conditional field:

{ IF { PAGE } < { NUMPAGES } "Text you want to appear on every page but
the last" }

2. If you do insert a section break, then you have to disable Same as
Previous in the footer for the last section before deleting anything from
it.





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