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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 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.
- Thank you Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP for solving the problem!
For anyone interested it was done with an Odd Page Break (instead of a Next Page Break). Although it added a few pages to the book it's solved for me.
Also, I had been making some progress by applying ALT+SHIFT+P to the errant page numbers but it seems there's a conflict between the section break settings and the even odd page settings. Some take and others bounce back to misalignment.Vera888 I am not sure whether your mention of using ALT+SHIFT+P was on the modified document that I sent to you or not. I believe that the page numbering was all in order in that document and there would be nothing required to be done to it in that respect.
- Thank you Doug_Robbins_Word_MVP ! Just sent.