Microsoft KB Archive/63081

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Number Pages From, Start Page Numbers At Limits
Last reviewed: July 30, 1997

Article ID: Q63081

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 1.0, 1.05, 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0

SUMMARY
In Word 6.0, the Page Numbers command on the Insert menu allows you to specify a starting page number other than 1.

A similar command in earlier versions of Word can be located as follows:

Word 5.x: Format menu, Document dialog, File Series, Number From Word 4.0: File menu, Page Setup, Document dialog, Number Pages Word 3.x and earlier: Page Setup dialog, Start Page Numbers At The upper limit to the starting page number varies from one version of Word to another. The following is the limit for each version:

Version     Entry Limit    Actual Limit ---     ---

Word 6.0         32,767          32,767 Word 5.x          5,000           5,000 Word 4.0          5,000           5,000 Word 3.x        999,999          16,959 Word 1.x          9,999           9,999 The &quot;entry limit&quot; is the maximum value that the dialog box will accept. The &quot;actual limit&quot; is the maximum value that will be set for the document if the number that is entered exceeds the entry limit.

For example, if 999,999 is entered as the starting page number in a Word 3.x document, the document will actually start page numbering at 16,959.

MORE INFORMATION
The current versions of the Apple LaserWriter and ImageWriter Print dialog boxes do not accept page numbers higher than 9,999 in the To/From areas.