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Fredimist
Oct 01, 2023Copper Contributor
Formatting a book
This stuff is complicated! I have a book where odd-number (right side) pages have a top-right Header (book title) and even-number pages have a top-left Sub-Header. You know, it would be nice to chang...
Stefan_Blom
Oct 01, 2023MVP
In the second and subsequent sections, use the Page Number Format dialog box to specify that page numbering should be continuous. To access the dialog box in Word for Windows, click Insert tab > Header & Footer group > Page Number > Format Page Numbers. Select "Continue from previous section" and click OK. Repeat this with the insertion point in the next section.
Fredimist
Oct 01, 2023Copper Contributor
Stefan_Blom Stefan -- Thank you very much. I will try your fix later today. If it works (considering my own tech deficits), then thank you again. If it doesn't work, I will be too embarrassed to tell you! -- Fr.
- Stefan_BlomOct 02, 2023MVP
- FredimistOct 03, 2023Copper Contributor
Your solution re: continuous pagination was spot on. There had been a second issue that I hadn't mentioned -- keeping new Chapter Headers from leaking into previous Chapters. I figured that one out on my own, as sixty-four million youtube videos were unable to give useful instructions. Now . . . . Kindle Create is causing problems and is a real headache, but this is giving me the opportunity to pull back and look at my book project with more objectivity. Thanks again. -- Fr.
- Stefan_BlomOct 03, 2023MVP