MS Word page numbers 2

[rosepetal]

I have a document that has one page in landscape orientation (chart). How do I get the page number in the same position as the others (portrait)?

 

[TonyJollans]

Hi rosepetal,

It depends a little on what you mean by the same position. As a general rule, however, you want to create separate page footers for each section.

Your landscape page is in a separate Section of the Document. If you haven't explicitly done this, Word has done it for you. The headers and footers in each section beyond the first are, by default, set to "same as previous" and you need to unlink them and format each independently. If you have one landscape page with portrait pages before and after you wil have at least three sections; again all must be separately formatted, with page numbers (and any other content) as you wish.

Enjoy,
Tony

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We want to help you; help us to do it by reading this: Before you ask a question.
Excel VBA Training and more Help at VBAExpress[

 

[rosepetal]

I should have been more specific. I apologize. My manager wants the page number to appear on the same corner as if the page were portrait, not landscaped, so that, if one were flipping the pages, the number would appear in the same position as the numbers on the portrait pages.

I don't know how to tell MS Word to rotate the footer.

 

[TonyJollans]

Hi rosepetal,

Page footers print at the bottoms of pages. If you have a landscape page that is the long edge. If you then turn the (paper) page round to fit with alot of portrait pages, that footer will be up the side of the page. Nothing you can do about that; you cannot rotate the footer.

What you might be able to do, however, is rotate the page contents but this does depend on what they are. Is it a chart or a table or what?

Enjoy,
Tony

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
We want to help you; help us to do it by reading this: Before you ask a question.
Excel VBA Training and more Help at VBAExpress[

 

[dhulbert]

Rose.

You could inset a word art page numebr in the header or footer which ever wouldbe best then you can rotate the text as required, this would do as you ask but it is a manual update if you add extra pages you will have to remember to update it.

 

[cheerio]

You can (at least in Word 2k) put a text box on the landscape page, put a PAGE field (using insert field) in the text box and rotate the text in the text box by changing its properties. You would also want to set the text box line color to "No Line" to get rid of the border.

You can drag a text box around so this should allow the page number to be placed where you want in the orientation you want. You would need to set the section page footer to not be the same as the previous section and to be blank - otherwise you get the page number in two places.

 

[tf1]

See: how to put a portrait number on a landscape page at

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/LandscapeSection.htm

Regards: tf1