Microsoft KB Archive/59164

WD: Cannot Start a Section at a Specific Number

PSS ID Number: Q59164 Article last modified on 02-03-1998

MACINTOSH:3.x,4.0,5.x

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.x, 4.0, 5.x == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When inserting page numbers in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh versions 3.x, 4.0, and 5.x, you are unable to skip page numbers or restart the numbering at any number other than the starting page number.

= RESOLUTION =

This behavior was corrected in Microsoft Word 6.x and later for Windows and Macintosh.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When setting page numbers in Word, you can number the document contiguously from the starting page number (usually page one) to the end. Or, at the beginning of any section, you can reset the page number back to the starting page number. Unfortunately, you cannot skip page numbers or restart the numbering at any number other than the starting page number.

Note that page 133 of the “Getting Started with Microsoft Word” version 4.0 manual incorrectly states the following:

One section of a document can differ from another section in the following ways:

Page numbering starting at a specific number or appearing in a different format. This is correct for Microsoft Word for MS-DOS, but not for the Macintosh versions. If you import a Word for MS-DOS document that uses this feature, the Word for Macintosh document begins numbering the section at page one.

= Additional query words: =

Keywords : macword Version : MACINTOSH:3.x,4.0,5.x Platform : MACINTOSH Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.