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even odd number problem
My doc is a book. I have even odd pages, both for headers and for page numbers which are in the footer. The chapters are separated by section breaks (next page). Each chapter starts with a 'new fi...
Hello Stefan_Blom,
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.
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.
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 ¶ 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.