Section Breaks with Page Numbering

8/21/2012 Created by: Joel M. Faure

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Title Page

First Setup the title page, choose a format that is applicable to your report.

Abstracts in the title page seldom ever mix with engineering reports.

Abstracts need to have their own separate heading

Select the Insert Tab

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Title Page

Select Cover Page, and choose one of the following selection

Enter the field information, modify the format, and remove the abstract

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Section Breaks

When setting up a format for the first time it is often helpful to think ahead

In this exercise we will have 3 section breaks:

Title Page

Front Matter (meant for: Abstract, Table of Contents, Table of Figures, etc.)

Main Body

Move to the page 2 (the blank page), and select the first line with the cursor

In the Word Document Select Page Layout Tab

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Continuous Section Break

Select the following: Breaks>Continuous Section Break

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Insert a Next Page Section Break

Select the following: Breaks>Next Page Section Break

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Insert Page Numbering

Select the Insert Tab

Select Page Number and choose an appropriate Style

A New Tab called Heading and Footer Tools

Scroll Down to Section 3

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Unlink Section 3

In Section 3 Un select Link to Previous. Once this is done it will no longer be

highlighted.

This will allow you to have different page numbering properties

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Adjust Page Numbering Style for Section 3

Format Page Numbers: Page Numbers>Format Page Numbers

Change the Page numbering Start at: from 0 to 1> Select OK

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Unlink & Adjust Page Number Style for Section 2

Scroll to Section 2, select Page 2 with the cursor

In Section 2 Un select Link to Previous. Once this is done it will no longer be

highlighted.

Format Page Numbers: Page Numbers>Format Page Numbers

Change the following:

Number format: from 1, 2, 3, to i, ii, iii

Page numbering Start at: from 0 to i> Select OK

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Adjust Page Number Style for Section 1

Scroll to Section 1, select the Page number with the cursor (Title Page), and

remove it with the delete key.

Any immediate previous sections that were not unlinked will have their page

numbers removed

Now you have 3 sections:

No Page Numbering in the Title Page

Non-numerical page numbering in the front matter

Numerical page numbering in the main body

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