"WORD USERS: What is the EASIEST way to make 20 blank pages, with just my name and page number on the top line?"

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Asked by Mr_M_told_U_so 20 months ago

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The first page will have (on the top line) "Mr_M Page 1", the second page will have "Mr_M Page 2", the last page will have "Mr_M Page 20"

I know I could copy and paste for 20 pages. I'm hoping I can design just the first page and when I print 20 pages, the pages will print with a consecutive number from one to twenty. So far, when I print multiple pages, the page number remains "Page 1" on each page.

I'm using WORD 2007 with XP MCE


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"The header will allow you to do all of that."
 by Menchi73 on Jun 07 2008 (20 months ago)
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While you’re in Microsoft Word, go to "View" and then click on "Header and Footer".  Type your name in the header, type in your name.  There should also be a little toolbar that pops up, on it there will be a box that says "Insert Auto Text" and beside that, will be an icon that looks like a piece of paper with the number sign.  If you click on that icon, it will put in the page number.  Then, click "Close" on the toolbar.  That will put you back into the body of the document. 

To get your twenty pages, just hold down the "Enter" or "Return" key until you get to page twenty.
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"What I would do, under your circumstance is to..."
 by NancyE on Jun 08 2008 (20 months ago)
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use the HEADER/footer function.

 

Like this...

 

  • I’d put my name and the page number in the header (using the page # FUNCTION), format it to fall where I want it to on the page, then click out of the header (you can make the header as wide or narrow as you want, within limits).
  • I’d then "enter" down a few lines, and add a page break.
  • I would then copy and paste that page break as long as I wanted to. The page # in the header will count for you.
  • You can also add the page numbering function NOT in the header as well--it’s an option in "insert." buit you’ll still have to make those 20 pages somehow to get 1 through 20, and if you’ve put the "Insert page # in the body of the document, you’ll have to worry more about where it is falling on the page.

 

I find placement MUCH easier to control when the name and page number is in the header, because the page placement is then never an issue.

 

 
Sources: Hey, I'm a technical writer by profession. I can make Word tapdance when it comes to formatting.

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"Use header and breake page"
 by Keitai on Jun 07 2008 (20 months ago)
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You need to have the pages created so that the printer gets instructed to generate as many pages as needed.

To do that efficiently, firstly you need to create a header with the name and insert the page number.

Secondly, you will need to create the pages inserting a break page at every top page.

If you want to automate this process then you should create a macro, or you can add the break page manually.

For your convenience I quickly created a macro that asks for a number and creates as many pages as asked, you only need to enter this code into a new macro.

Please note that I did not add any validation condition or extra considerations, just enter a valid number and it will work.

Sub page()
'
' page Macro
'
'

Dim sum As Integer

Response = InputBox("Enter a number.", _
"Number Entry", , 250, 75, "", 1)

If Response <> False Then
Do While sum < Response - 1
    Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdPageBreak
    sum = sum + 1
Loop
End If

End Sub
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"Setup header, hit ctrl-enter 19 times"
 by MrItty on Jun 07 2008 (20 months ago)
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First, insert a header.  You probably want to choose a header with three fields, so you can put your name on the left, and insert the page number at the current page number on the right.    In Office 2007, you go to the Insert Menu, choose header, choose the one with three column headings.  Type your name over the left one, delete the middle one, hightlight the right one and choose "Page Numbering" and "Insert at current position"

Once you’ve got your header, hold down the CTRL key, and hit enter 19 times.   CTRL-Enter is the MSWord code for "new page".

Then just go print your document.
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 by ziggrl on Jun 07 2008 (20 months ago)
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As always with Microsoft product, there is always 2-3 different ways to do what you need to get done.  Here is one:

 

Open MS Word

 

Up on the tool bar click "View".

Then click "Header/Footer"

 

Type your name in the header area and press "enter" to get on the line below your name.

 

There should be a header/footer toolbar that pops up.

The FIRST icon on the header/footer toolbar is for you to insert the page number.  Click on that. 

That should insert the page number (1).

Type in after the "1" a "space" and the word "of", then another "space".

On the header/footer toolbar, click the SECOND icon.  This will insert the number of total pages in the document.

 

You header should look like this:

 

Your name

1 of 20

Close the header toolbar.  This will stay only for this document.

 

If you want to create as a template to use as a master document, you can do a "file", "save as", then on the bottom it will say "save as type".  Save is as a document template.  Give the document a name and your good to go.

 

When you need to use this template again, click on the toolbar "file", "new", and open the Document templates.

 

 

 

 
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Here is the macro adding the wording "Mr_M Page" without the header.
Just run this macro without any header created and it should print Mr_M Page 1 and so on as many pages as numbers that you enter in the field.

Sub page()
'
' page Macro
'
'

Dim sum As Integer

Response = InputBox("Enter a number.", _
"Number Entry", , 250, 75, "", 1)

sum = 1

If Response <> False Then
Do While sum < Response
Selection.TypeText Text:="Mr_M Page " & sum
Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdPageBreak
sum = sum + 1
Loop
Selection.TypeText Text:="Mr_M Page " & sum
End If

End Sub
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