Microsoft KB Archive/79477

Page Numbers Won't Text Wrap in Publisher

= Page Numbers Won't Text Wrap in Publisher =

Q79477
1.00 1.00a 2.00 2.00a 3.00 97 WINDOWS kbother

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Publisher for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.0a, 2.0, 2.0a - Microsoft Publisher for Windows 95, version 3.0 - Microsoft Publisher 97

SUMMARY

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When you insert a page number into a Microsoft Publisher document, and the number is too long to be displayed on one line, the page number does not wrap to the next line of the text frame and the rightmost digits are cut off.

Example ---

1. Open a new publication.

2. From the Options menu, choose Settings and set the starting page number to 16111.

3. From the Page menu, choose Go To Background.

4. Draw a text frame on the page that is about 2.5 characters wide and several lines high.

5. From the Page menu, choose Insert Page Numbers.

6. From the Page menu, choose Go To Foreground. Choose Actual Size from the Page menu if it is necessary to see the results.

The first two or three digits of the page number will display, and the remainder will be cut off even though there is room for the digits to wrap to the next line.

This occurs because page numbers are treated as a single character, and typically are not stacked vertically.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: win31 win30 pub10 pub20

Additional reference words: 1.00 show truncated wordwrap word wrap text 1.00a 2.00 2.00a 3.00 pub3 pub97