You can also manually insert fields to automate aspects of your document, such as merging data from a data source or performing calculations. Word inserts fields automatically when you use particular commands, such as when you insert a page number, when you insert a document building block such as a cover page, or when you create a table of contents. Field Codesįields in Microsoft Word are used as placeholders for data that might change in a document and for creating form letters and labels in mail-merge documents. We will manipulate the field code of Page Number to achieve this. In our case, however, this page numbering can’t be of any help because we need to insert 1, 2 and 3 on a page to which Word thinks is. It allows you to choose position and number format. You can also insert page numbers by clicking on Insert > Page Numbers. You can insert page numbers by clicking on Page Number button on Header & Footer toolbar. MS Word has build in feature to insert page numbers in your document. Whatever you enter as header or footer appears on all the pages of document, at least on all pages of same section if you have multiple sections in document. You can enter and format any text or object in header and footer editing screen as you can do in normal document editing. The real trick is to insert Field Code below each column and enter formula on those field code so that it will produce 1, 2 and 3 on the first page while, 4, 5 and 6 on the second page and so on.

The problem is only when you have multiple pages and each page contain 3 columns. If it has only one page, there is nothing to work hard – you can just insert text boxes and type 1, 2 and 3 on three text boxes and position it properly. This post is in response to his query.Ĭreate columns in your document (say, 3 for my example). This question was asked by Krishna Verma as a comment in one of the Practical Sets ICT Trends has published. Now, our problem is how to show page numbers for those columns as if each column is a separate page. When printed each column can be treated as a different page. Why would anyone ever need column numbers? Well, sometimes it is easy to design multiple pages in one page of your document and columns are handy tool. Though Microsoft Word does not provide direct option to insert column numbers in your document, you can apply a small trick and make the work done.

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