Spelling Out Page Numbers

Summary: If your document is more than a couple of pages long, adding page numbers is a nice finishing touch. If you want, you can even have those page numbers be spelled out using words by applying the technique described in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

Kleo knows how to add page numbers to his document. He would like the page numbers to be spelled out, however; for instance, "seven" instead of "7" and "fifteen" instead of "15."

When you use the various Word tools for adding page numbers to a document, those page numbers are inserting using fields. One of the great things about fields is that you can modify what they produce by using switches. Try these steps:

Insert your page numbers as you normally would.
Select the field that makes up the page number.
Press Shift+F9 to display the field code instead of the field results.
After the field code (which is more than likely the PAGE code), enter the following: \* CardText
If you want the spelled-out word to use an initial capital letter (as in "Seven"), then add the following to the field code: \* Caps
Press F9 to update the field code and display its results.

Tip #6556 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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