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Judith Popkin asked why Word's page numbering defaults to displaying a page number on the first page. When using Insert | Page Numbers, the Page Numbers dialog box has the Show Number on First Page check box selected by default, and Judith wanted it to not be selected by default. (Click here to see a related figure.)
One would think that the setting of this check box (indeed, any settings in the Page Numbers dialog box) might be saved with the current template. Testing has shown that this is not the case, however. The "defaults" in the Page Numbers dialog box aren't really defaults; they always reflect whatever page number settings you've made in the current document. Try this:
Because the Page Numbers dialog box represents the settings in the current document, you could load a template (such as Normal.dot), make changes to the dialog box, then click OK. The changes are saved, in the template, and will be available every time you start a new document that is based on that template.
If you really want to change the defaults, regardless of what the current settings are in the template or the document, then you need to use a macro. Consider the following macro:
Sub InsertPageNumbers()
With Dialogs(wdDialogInsertPageNumbers)
.firstpage = False
.Display
.Execute
End With
End Sub
This macro replaces Word's internal command that is run whenever you choose Page Numbers from the Insert menu. It displays the dialog box, but only after clearing the Show Number on First Page check box. Make this macro a part of your template, and it sets the default for you, exactly as you want.
Tip #76 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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