Microsoft KB Archive/58171

Word: Page Number Area Does Not Correspond to Insertion Point

PSS ID Number: Q58171 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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In Microsoft Word, the page number area in the lower-left corner of the window shows which page number, or page and section number, is currently visible. When you scroll through your document, this value changes.

Word obtains the numbers that appear in the page number area from the portion of the document that is located at the top of the active window. The page numbers are NOT based on the position of the insertion point. Therefore, the position of the insertion point will not necessarily correspond to the information that appears in the page number area.

For example, in a document with the following format

This is the top of page 1 ====================================================== This is section 2 ====================================================== This is section 3 ====================================================== This is section 4 ====================================================== This is section 5 |<–insertion point Page Break————————————————– This is the top of page 2 ====================================================== This is section 6

and assuming the section breaks are continuous, the page number area will show that you are on page 1 in section 1 of your document (P1S1), even though the insertion point is located in section 5, because page 1, section 1, is the portion of the document at the top of the screen.

If you moved the insertion point to section 6, the page number area will show you are on page 2, section 6 (P2S6). The section number is updated only when the page number is updated.

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