Page numbers

Asked by Bruce McCormick

I have a book that has several Roman numeral pages (i, ii, iii) at the beginning and then switches to Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3), but I can't get the doc to switch the style and then start renumbering with 1. I honestly tried the page style routine I found in the help files, but I can't get it to work. Wouldn't it be easier to just allow us to right click on the page number, select an option to restart page numbers and then allow us to change the format instead of all this ridiculous page style, etc, etc, etc, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc., etc..??????????????????

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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I'd post on that forum too, it is closer to your issue.

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said :
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insert a manual page break and apply a new page style which uses the arabic page numbers

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Bruce McCormick (brucem) said :
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I still can't do this. I tried to highlight my comments below, but the system converts the font size and color to its "standard", so you'll need to look for my comments with 3 or 4 line fe3eds between them.

 I have tried the following:

Restarting page numbering
Often you will want to restart the page numbering at 1, for example, on the page following a title page or a table of contents. In addition, many documents have the front matter (such as the table of contents) numbered with Roman numerals and the main body of the document numbered in Arabic numerals, starting with 1.
You can restart page numbering in two ways.
Method 1:
1. Place the cursor in the first paragraph of the new page.
2. Choose Format > Paragraph.
3. On the Text Flow page of the Paragraph dialog box, check Insert in the Breaks area.

When I try to do this, the INSERT choice is greyed out.

4. In the Type drop-down list, select Page.
5. In the Position drop-down list, select Before or After to position where you want to insert the page break.
6. Select With Page Style and specify the page style to use.
7. Specify the page number to start from and then click OK.

Method 2:
1. Place the cursor in the first paragraph of the new page.
2. Choose Insert > Manual break.

When I try to do this, the Page break is greyed out - all I can check is Line Break and Column Break.

3. Page break is the default selected on the Insert Break dialog box.
4. Choose the required page in the Style drop-down list.
5. Select Change page number.
6. Specify the page number to start from and then click OK.
Example: Restart page numbering: a preface
A standard preface has the following properties:
Page numbers are displayed in Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, …).
After the preface, the document starts on a Default page.
The page number resets to 1, and the number format becomes Arabic (1, 2, 3, 4, ...).

Resetting the page number requires page breaks.
First, let's get the preliminary work done for the Preface style:
1. Create a new page style and name it Preface.
2. Set its Next Style to Preface because a preface could span multiple pages.
3. Add a header to Preface and insert the Page Number field. Make the page numbers display as Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, iv, …):
Open the page style window for Preface (if not already open) and click the Header tab. Check Header on under Header.
Click the Page tab. Under Layout settings, in the Format drop-down list, set the format to i, ii, iii, .... (See the bottom right of the figure below.) Click OK to close the dialog box.
After the preface is written, we are ready to restart the page numbering in the main body of the document to Arabic numerals. Follow these steps:
1. Make an empty paragraph at the very end of the preface.
2. Put the cursor on the blank line.
3. Choose Insert > Manual Break.
4. Select Page break and choose the Default style.

I try this at the bottom of page xii and the Page break is greyed out - all I can check is Line Break and Column Break.

5. Select the Change page number check box and set the new value to 1. Click OK to close the dialog box.

I have tried defining a page styles "ArabicNumerals" and "RomanNumerals", but can't get that to work either.

I would be happy to email a copy of the file to you so you can see what I mean. I just need an email address.

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Tony Pursell (ajpursell) said :
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You can email me a copy of the file. Click on my name at the top of this message to see my profile, which includes my email address.

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