Number words instead of numerals as page numbers

Elessvie · External Since: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 6

Hello,

Word 2003

In the footer, I need the page numbering to be as follows: "Page One of
Document," "Page Two of Document," etc., not "Page 1 of Document," "Page 2 of
Document," etc.

I tried inserting the NUMWORDS field for the page number, but am unable to
get it to start at "one."

Can you please help me?

Many thanks.

Eless

Elessvie · External Since: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 6

I just realized NUMWORDS gives the number of WORDS in a document.

Having just identified myself as a real stupe, I'm wondering if anyone would
still answer my initial question: How can I have page numbers spelled out as
words?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Eless

"Elessvie" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Word 2003
>
> In the footer, I need the page numbering to be as follows: "Page One of
> Document," "Page Two of Document," etc., not "Page 1 of Document," "Page 2 of
> Document," etc.
>
> I tried inserting the NUMWORDS field for the page number, but am unable to
> get it to start at "one."
>
> Can you please help me?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Eless

Suzanne S. Barnhill · External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 23321

Although this is not an option in the Format Page Number dialog, you can
apply this formatting manually.

1. View | Header and Footer. This opens the header pane. If your page number
is in the footer, click the Switch Between Header and Footer button on the
Header and Footer toolbar to get to the footer pane.

2. Press Alt+F9 to view the PAGE field code.

3. After PAGE type \*CardText \*FirstCap

4. Press Alt+F9 again to toggle back to view of the field result.

For more on these formatting switches, see the Help topic "Format (\*) field
switch."

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Words into Type
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"Elessvie" <Elessvie.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:90658EAF-A4D4-4D0C-AC94-25B6F2AD2FEB@microsoft.com...
> I just realized NUMWORDS gives the number of WORDS in a document.
>
> Having just identified myself as a real stupe, I'm wondering if anyone
would
> still answer my initial question: How can I have page numbers spelled out
as
> words?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Eless
>
> "Elessvie" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Word 2003
> >
> > In the footer, I need the page numbering to be as follows: "Page One of
> > Document," "Page Two of Document," etc., not "Page 1 of Document," "Page
2 of
> > Document," etc.
> >
> > I tried inserting the NUMWORDS field for the page number, but am unable
to
> > get it to start at "one."
> >
> > Can you please help me?
> >
> > Many thanks.
> >
> > Eless

Elessvie · External Since: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 6

Thank you. That was just what I was looking for! Works beautifully.

By the way, the Help topic "Format (\*) field switch" does not give a list
of the switches that can be used with this field code. (This topic was
actually the first place I looked before posting.) Is there some way to see
a list of switches for each field code?

Many thanks,

Eless

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> Although this is not an option in the Format Page Number dialog, you can
> apply this formatting manually.
>
> 1. View | Header and Footer. This opens the header pane. If your page number
> is in the footer, click the Switch Between Header and Footer button on the
> Header and Footer toolbar to get to the footer pane.
>
> 2. Press Alt+F9 to view the PAGE field code.
>
> 3. After PAGE type \*CardText \*FirstCap
>
> 4. Press Alt+F9 again to toggle back to view of the field result.
>
> For more on these formatting switches, see the Help topic "Format (\*) field
> switch."
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Elessvie" <Elessvie.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:90658EAF-A4D4-4D0C-AC94-25B6F2AD2FEB@microsoft.com...
> > I just realized NUMWORDS gives the number of WORDS in a document.
> >
> > Having just identified myself as a real stupe, I'm wondering if anyone
> would
> > still answer my initial question: How can I have page numbers spelled out
> as
> > words?
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Eless
> >
> > "Elessvie" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Word 2003
> > >
> > > In the footer, I need the page numbering to be as follows: "Page One of
> > > Document," "Page Two of Document," etc., not "Page 1 of Document," "Page
> 2 of
> > > Document," etc.
> > >
> > > I tried inserting the NUMWORDS field for the page number, but am unable
> to
> > > get it to start at "one."
> > >
> > > Can you please help me?
> > >
> > > Many thanks.
> > >
> > > Eless
>
>

Elessvie · External Since: Jul 27, 2007 Posts: 6

I see the list of switches now! Sorry! (I had been looking under "PAGE [\*
Format Switch]," in which it does not give a list. It just gives a link to
Switches, then that just gives "\* Format Switch" without a list.

Any way, thank you VERY much again!

Eless

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> Although this is not an option in the Format Page Number dialog, you can
> apply this formatting manually.
>
> 1. View | Header and Footer. This opens the header pane. If your page number
> is in the footer, click the Switch Between Header and Footer button on the
> Header and Footer toolbar to get to the footer pane.
>
> 2. Press Alt+F9 to view the PAGE field code.
>
> 3. After PAGE type \*CardText \*FirstCap
>
> 4. Press Alt+F9 again to toggle back to view of the field result.
>
> For more on these formatting switches, see the Help topic "Format (\*) field
> switch."
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Elessvie" <Elessvie.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:90658EAF-A4D4-4D0C-AC94-25B6F2AD2FEB@microsoft.com...
> > I just realized NUMWORDS gives the number of WORDS in a document.
> >
> > Having just identified myself as a real stupe, I'm wondering if anyone
> would
> > still answer my initial question: How can I have page numbers spelled out
> as
> > words?
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Eless
> >
> > "Elessvie" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Word 2003
> > >
> > > In the footer, I need the page numbering to be as follows: "Page One of
> > > Document," "Page Two of Document," etc., not "Page 1 of Document," "Page
> 2 of
> > > Document," etc.
> > >
> > > I tried inserting the NUMWORDS field for the page number, but am unable
> to
> > > get it to start at "one."
> > >
> > > Can you please help me?
> > >
> > > Many thanks.
> > >
> > > Eless
>
>

Suzanne S. Barnhill · External Since: Sep 26, 2003 Posts: 23321

I see what you mean. You'd think they could at least make "\* Format Switch"
a link to the appropriate Help topic!

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Elessvie" <Elessvie.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1E0580DA-0344-48B5-98DF-DADF6E2033BD@microsoft.com...
> I see the list of switches now! Sorry! (I had been looking under "PAGE
[\*
> Format Switch]," in which it does not give a list. It just gives a link
to
> Switches, then that just gives "\* Format Switch" without a list.
>
> Any way, thank you VERY much again!
>
> Eless
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > Although this is not an option in the Format Page Number dialog, you can
> > apply this formatting manually.
> >
> > 1. View | Header and Footer. This opens the header pane. If your page
number
> > is in the footer, click the Switch Between Header and Footer button on
the
> > Header and Footer toolbar to get to the footer pane.
> >
> > 2. Press Alt+F9 to view the PAGE field code.
> >
> > 3. After PAGE type \*CardText \*FirstCap
> >
> > 4. Press Alt+F9 again to toggle back to view of the field result.
> >
> > For more on these formatting switches, see the Help topic "Format (\*)
field
> > switch."
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Elessvie" <Elessvie.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:90658EAF-A4D4-4D0C-AC94-25B6F2AD2FEB@microsoft.com...
> > > I just realized NUMWORDS gives the number of WORDS in a document.
> > >
> > > Having just identified myself as a real stupe, I'm wondering if anyone
> > would
> > > still answer my initial question: How can I have page numbers spelled
out
> > as
> > > words?
> > >
> > > Any help would be much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Eless
> > >
> > > "Elessvie" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Word 2003
> > > >
> > > > In the footer, I need the page numbering to be as follows: "Page One
of
> > > > Document," "Page Two of Document," etc., not "Page 1 of Document,"
"Page
> > 2 of
> > > > Document," etc.
> > > >
> > > > I tried inserting the NUMWORDS field for the page number, but am
unable
> > to
> > > > get it to start at "one."
> > > >
> > > > Can you please help me?
> > > >
> > > > Many thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Eless
> >
> >

Graham Mayor · External Since: Jul 04, 2006 Posts: 4294

You will find a lot more about the use of switches - including a reference
table showing the use of all standard switches at
http://www.gmayor.com/formatting_word_fields.htm

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Elessvie wrote:
> I see the list of switches now! Sorry! (I had been looking under
> "PAGE [\* Format Switch]," in which it does not give a list. It just
> gives a link to Switches, then that just gives "\* Format Switch"
> without a list.
>
> Any way, thank you VERY much again!
>
> Eless
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> Although this is not an option in the Format Page Number dialog, you
>> can apply this formatting manually.
>>
>> 1. View | Header and Footer. This opens the header pane. If your
>> page number is in the footer, click the Switch Between Header and
>> Footer button on the Header and Footer toolbar to get to the footer
>> pane.
>>
>> 2. Press Alt+F9 to view the PAGE field code.
>>
>> 3. After PAGE type \*CardText \*FirstCap
>>
>> 4. Press Alt+F9 again to toggle back to view of the field result.
>>
>> For more on these formatting switches, see the Help topic "Format
>> (\*) field switch."
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>> newsgroup so all may benefit.
>>
>> "Elessvie" <Elessvie.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:90658EAF-A4D4-4D0C-AC94-25B6F2AD2FEB@microsoft.com...
>>> I just realized NUMWORDS gives the number of WORDS in a document.
>>>
>>> Having just identified myself as a real stupe, I'm wondering if
>>> anyone would still answer my initial question: How can I have page
>>> numbers spelled out as words?
>>>
>>> Any help would be much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Eless
>>>
>>> "Elessvie" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Word 2003
>>>>
>>>> In the footer, I need the page numbering to be as follows: "Page
>>>> One of Document," "Page Two of Document," etc., not "Page 1 of
>>>> Document," "Page 2 of Document," etc.
>>>>
>>>> I tried inserting the NUMWORDS field for the page number, but am
>>>> unable to get it to start at "one."
>>>>
>>>> Can you please help me?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Eless