Microsoft KB Archive/69629

Multiple-Page Table of Contents Returns Incorrect Page Numbers PSS ID Number: Q69629 Article last modified on 07-14-1994

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WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

If you insert a multiple-page table of contents at the beginning of a Microsoft Word for Windows document, Word returns incorrect page numbers for the table entries.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Word for Windows listed above. This problem was corrected in Word version 6.0 for Windows.

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= MORE INFORMATION =

If you compile a multiple-page table of contents at the beginning of a document, the page numbers for the entries are given as if the table of contents were only one page in length.

To avoid incorrect page numbering in the table of contents, use the appropriate procedure below:

Version 1.x of Word for Windows

 * 1) Position the insertion point below the table of contents. From the Insert menu, choose Break.
 * 2) Under Section Break, select the Next Page option button, then choose the OK button.
 * 3) Position the insertion point beneath the section break. From the Edit menu, choose Header/Footer.
 * 4) Choose the Options button.
 * 5) In the Page Numbers box, type the actual page number for the first page of text. For example, a document that has a title page and a three-page table of contents would need header/footer page numbers to begin on page 5.
 * 6) Go back to the table of contents and press F9 to update it with the correct numbers.

Version 2.0 of Word for Windows

 * 1) From the Insert menu, choose Break.
 * 2) Select the Page Break option button. Under Section, select the Next Page option button, then choose the OK button.
 * 3) Position the insertion point beneath the section break. From the View menu, choose Header/Footer.
 * 4) Choose the Page Numbers button.
 * 5) In the Page Number Format dialog box, type the actual page number for the first page of text. For example, a document that has a title page and a three-page table of contents would need header/footer page numbers to begin on page 5.
 * 6) Go back to the table of contents and press F9 to update it with the correct numbers.

= REFERENCES =

“Word for Windows User’s Reference,” version 1.x, pages 358-360

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