Nov 22 2021 09:37 AM
I have a document and each page is a different section so I can have separate headers. Now I want to move them around. Is there an easy way to do that so I don't have to manually move the headers?
Nov 22 2021 12:58 PM - edited Nov 22 2021 05:18 PM
Word doesn't really "think" in terms of pages. The only practical way to move content around is to use copy and paste, since you can't move the pages themselves.
An alternative approach, if you have structured your document with heading styles, is to move headings (and their subordinate text) around in Outline view.
Usually, having a new section for each new page creates an unnecessarily complex document. Which type of content do you need in headers? There might be another way to "populate" the header which doesn't involve using section breaks.
Nov 22 2021 02:10 PM
I have 1 piece of text that I am repeating on each page and two pieces that is unique to each page. One of the unique pieces has a number sequence in it.
Nov 22 2021 05:21 PM
Does the unique piece of text appear only in the header? If it is also on the page, you can repeat it in the header with a STYLEREF field. The requirement is that you format the text range in a particular style so that the STYLEREF field knows which text it should retrieve.
Nov 27 2021 03:51 AM
Dec 02 2021 12:08 AM - edited Dec 02 2021 12:08 AM
@Colleen Kayter - I am so glad I see another fellow Word lover who uses the other views.
Excellent tip for those unaware of the views' options. Well done, Coleen and thank you for posting!