More Word Q & A
Thank you to everyone who has posted questions. We're looking at them and looking into many of them. In the meantime, here are a couple that have cropped up in the hallways.
And what are those links at the end? That's where you can find information in Word 2007 Help.
Start with 1, but not at the start
My nagging question is how can I configure page numbers to start on page 4 or 5 or 6? Scenario: I have a 20 page white paper. The first page is a title page, followed by a blank page, 2 pages of legal and a TOC. The 6th page has the introduction and I want my page numbers in the footer to be centered and to begin at 1 on that 6th page and proceed automatically from there.
The answer to this question involves sections. In your Word document, add a section break. For example, if you want page numbering to start at 1 on the 6th page, replace the page break that's between the 5th and 6th pages with a Next Page section break. (You can add a section break by clicking Breaks and then Next Page in the Page Setup group on the Page Layout tab.)
Now that you have a new section, you can tell Word to start the page numbering of that section with 1. On the Insert tab, in the Header & Footer group, click Page Number, and then click Format Page Numbers. Under Page numbering, click Start at, and then enter 1 in the box.
Big hint: If the headers and footers in your document are linked to each other, you'll still have page numbers in the first section. To keep page numbers off the pages in the first section (or to use a different numbering format), turn off Link to Previous.
If you see this in your document:
click this:
Get rid of my revisions!
How do you turn "Track Changes" on and off? Is this the same thing as showing or not showing the changes?
It is not the same thing, and thank you for asking.
Showing or hiding changes affects what you see on the screen. It does not affect what is in the document. To turn off the Track Changes, click Track Changes in the Track Changes group on the Review tab.
After you turn off Track Changes, the markup you already had is still there
This is important:
To remove all of the changes that have already been tracked in your document, use the Review tab to accept or reject the changes.
You can also use the Document Inspector to remove them all at once. But that Document Inspector is very thorough. It will remove document properties and headers and footers.
If you don't want that level of inspection (and removal), change the settings before you run Document Inspector. Click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Prepare, click Inspect Document, and then clear the check boxes for items that you don't want to change.
Resources
Insert page numbers
Get rid of tracked changes, once and for all
Inspect documents for hidden data and personal information
P.S.
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