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even odd number problem
Use "Different first page" in order for header/footer content to be different on the starting page of each new section.
Instead of a Next Page section break, use an Odd Page section break. This ensures that each new section starts on a right-hand page. You can change the type of section after it has been created by using the Page Setup dialog box. Change the "Section start" option.
Whether I replace my 'next page' section break with and 'even page' or an 'odd page' break all my page numbers disappear entirely.
If I change the layout option from 'new page' to 'continuous' the section breaks disappear altogether.
Vera888 If you share a copy of the document, we will help you to get it sorted out.
Hello Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP (MVP)
Thank you!
This means that I would upload it to OneDrive and share the link only with whoever would help?
I can probably figure out how to do that.
It is at this point an unpulished manuscript and we represent the author so I wouldn't want to post a public link.
I could also send it via email to whoever is taking a shot at it.
One alternative solution I haven't been successful with either is to insert a blank page before each chapter starting on even pages so that every section starts on an odd page. The book will cost a couple of cents more to print but that's okay with me.
I spent hours with a Microsoft Word help person who didn't know what odd even was or what printed book page numbers looked like.- On the alternative of inserting a blank page after chapters which end on odd pages, I also have to remove both the header and footer from the blank page. I disable the 'link to previous' before trying to do that, but then it removes ALL the even page numbers.
Deleting any section break will also delete section properties (page number restarts, header/footer content etc.), so it will be a lot easier to change the type of section.
To get a clearer picture of what happens, display nonprinting marks, so that you can see all the section breaks more easily. Use the ΒΆ icon on the Home tab of the ribbon. Remember that a section break stores the formatting of the preceding section but displays the type of the following section.
If this is Word for Windows, you can access the Page Setup properties for a particular section by clicking in that section and then using the dialog launcher icon (which is the little arrow on the bottom right) in the Page Setup group on the Layout tab.
- Stefan_Blom I always have formatting marks on (except occasionally when I look at it in Print Preview mode). The page setup is set to 'next page'. If I set it to 'continuous' it removes all section breaks.