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  General

  • Word's numbering explained
  • Remove manually typed numbering
  • Safely update a document's styles from its template

  Page Numbering

  • “Page X of Y” displays or prints as “Page 1 of 1,” “Page 2 of 2” (or “Page 2 of 1”) and so on
  • How to control the page numbering in a Word document
  • Why do all the page numbers in my Word 2002 document display as 0?
  • Front matter numbered separately
  • Include the chapter number with the page number

  List Numbering

  • Word's numbering explained
  • Methods for restarting list numbering
  • VBA: Return the number, or list level, or outline level of a paragraph.

  Other

  • Whenever I update my Table of Contents it acquires unwanted tabs
  • Customizing your table of contents with switches
  • Automatic "intentionally blank" page
  • How can I use an AutoNum field but suppress the period after the number or use a different separator character?
  • Create a numbered list using SEQuence fields
  • How to insert captions that include chapter numbers
  • Creating sequentially numbered documents (such as invoices)
  • Sequentially numbering multiple copies of single document using a macro
  • Sequentially numbering multiple copies of single document using a mailmerge

Index

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The Index works in a similar way to the TOC (although unlike the TOC, the index contains no hyperlinks). Index styles 1 to 9 set the formatting, and the Index generator automatically applies them. The index generator copies the page numbers from the page number built-in counter Word maintains. Again, it is simple and stable. 

If you see bad numbers in the Index, it means the page numbering in the document is bad. Often, it is because the user has forgotten to suppress the display of hidden text before generating the Index. The hidden text throws various paragraphs onto the following page: when you print the book, the page numbers in the index don't match those printed. A trap for young players...