numbering normal.dot Jackie D 27.07.2006 12:23:01 I want my normal template to always have page numbering. I thought by opening up a new template, formatting the numbering in the footer and placing that template in the star-up folder, all my blank documents would have the page number. This isn't working. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks JD

Re: numbering normal.dot "Shauna Kelly" <ShaunaKelly[ at ]SendNoSpamToShaunaKelly.com> 27.07.2006 13:15:50 Hi Jackie Your normal.dot template should be in the folder identified at Tools > Options > File Locations > User Templates. If you *also* have a normal.dot file in the folder identified there as the Startup folder, then Word will ignore it, and you should delete it. If you want to make a change to your normal.dot file, then follow the instructions at How to change the default settings for Word documents http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm However, many people would advise you against putting page numbers in your normal.dot file. This is because, once you've put a header or footer in any file, you can't delete them. You can delete the content in a header or footer, but you can't delete it completely. When you can't delete a header or footer, it makes it very difficult to print anything with very small margins, like a page of labels. The best advice is to do File > New and choose to create a new template. Make the changes you need there, add your page numbers and save it. Now, when you want a document with page numbers, do File > New and choose your template. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word "Jackie D" <jackied[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F3EEE028-1F4E-43A8-95CE-3C18A1C177FB[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I want my normal template to always have page numbering. I thought by >opening > up a new template, formatting the numbering in the footer and placing that > template in the star-up folder, all my blank documents would have the page > number. > > This isn't working. What am I doing wrong? > > Many thanks > JD

Re: numbering normal.dot "Charles Kenyon" <wordfaq[ at ]nospam.addbalance.com> 28.07.2006 01:50:48 Furthering Shauna Kelly's advice, do not put these in normal.dot, unless you never want to do labels or envelopes! Create a custom template and use that. Do not use Insert > Page Number. Instead, go into the header/footer view and put them in your header or footer. You can use AutoText entries of the appropriate fields from the header/footer toolbar. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Jackie D" <jackied[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F3EEE028-1F4E-43A8-95CE-3C18A1C177FB[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I want my normal template to always have page numbering. I thought by >opening > up a new template, formatting the numbering in the footer and placing that > template in the star-up folder, all my blank documents would have the page > number. > > This isn't working. What am I doing wrong? > > Many thanks > JD