Are you saying that the PAGE fields do not update even if you switch to
Print Preview and back to your current view?
Note that if you are trying to place page numbers so that they appear to be
outside of the header/footer area, you can do that by inserting the PAGE
field in a text box (or frame) anchored to the header paragraph.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Frank" <Frank[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37823007-A58F-4014-97FB-33E58771323C[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text] > Thank you Cindy. Unfortunately, this does not solve the problem. Anyone > have some additional ideas? > > "Cindy M." wrote: > >> Hi Frank, >> >> > Aside from having fields update before printing, how can the page # >> > fields >> > update when they are used in the body of a document. For example, if >> > you use >> > Page X of Y, and you have multiple pages, the #'s do not update if the >> > fields >> > are used outside of the header/footer. I know you can use F9 to >> > manually >> > update, but how can I get them to auto update as they do in the >> > header/footer? >> > >> Aside from F9, there's no way to force Word to change how/when fields are >> updated. This article describes, more or less, how field updating works >> in Word >> >> http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=330079>> >> You can probably get these fields to update by switching views (into/out >> of >> print preview or Normal view). >> >> Cindy Meister >> INTER-Solutions, Switzerland >> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) >> http://www.word.mvps.org>> >> This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or >> reply >> in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) >> >>
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