Field Codes

Reader Question: Incrementing numbers in headers

by The Guru on November 8, 2011

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A reader wrote me recently with an interesting dilemma: She needed to be able to automatically increment numbers in a Microsoft Word footer. But she’d found that the otherwise trusty AutoNum field doesn’t work in headers or footers. So how was she going to put the correct “Exhibit [X]” at the bottom of her documents? Here’s the solution I came up with for her. Click the “Read More” link to see the demonstration video.

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It’s easy to have a different footer for the first page – just use the Page Setup function called “different first page.” But what if you need a different footer for the LAST page? Well, it may not be check-box easy, but it is possible. Here’s a video tutorial showing you exactly how.

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Putting dates in Word documents

by The Guru on May 12, 2009

Here’s how to embed automatic dates (other than today’s date) in Microsoft Word documents using field codes.

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Here’s an easy way to create exhibit separator pages in Microsoft Word without typing “Exhibit 1,” “Exhibit 2,” ad nauseum, using Field codes.

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