Introduction
I would apologize for the foul language, except that this expresses exactly how most authors feel when they first attempt to format page numbers in a Microsoft Word document.
There are several problems that one must solve when numbering pages in Word, and this can be the source of much frustration:
- You change the page number on one page, and it changes the style or numbering on one or more other pages. #%$&!
- You insert a page number on a page, but the formatting doesnโt match that of the other pages. @&%$!
- You try to make the front matter have Roman numerals, but all the page numbers switch from Arabic to Roman. $#@%!
- You discover that the same page number appears twice in a row. %#$$! %#@$!
- You add page numbers and the file freezes on you. Worse, it wonโt open back up. $#@@, %$&#, and $&*@!
WHY
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