MS works Vista Bugs and Problems Discuss MS works in the Windows Vista forums; Hi. I was here earlier with a problem, but through a glitch of some sort I was wiped out and had to rejoin. My problem concerns the page numbering feature ...

[dsullivan]

Hi. I was here earlier with a problem, but through a glitch of some sort I was wiped out and had to rejoin. My problem concerns the page numbering feature of MS Works. I want to leave the first four pages of a document (a novel) unnumbered, but MS Works won't allow it. Crabby suggested that I try two separate files, which I did, but no luck.

I created a nearly blank document of four pages, and copied and pasted it into the beginning of my original document. MS Works numbered the new pages, making the original document starting at page five. Crabby, I'm not sure if this is what you had in mind. If it was something other than that, let me know. Many thanks.

Sully

[crabby]

I meant... have a completely seperate file for your novel and the contents section, then when you came to print it you just print that and the contents section seperately to get your finished book.

I realise this means that it would be tow files on your computer, but I guess if you wanted it as one file you could then scan the document you print back onto your system and turn it into a PDF.

You could even 'print' to two PDFs and then use PDF merge software (there's a lot of free stuff around) to make that one file.

But there is no way to get a single works file to number from page 3 onwards, except manually of course.

crabby

[dsullivan]

Using pdf might be my best solution. I'm self-publishing with Createspace which requires pdf submissions, so that ought to work out nicely.

I think Nitro pdf came with my Vista, so it will just be a matter of learning to use it (I have a lot to learn about PCs).

Edit: Correction, Nitro comes with Mozilla Firefox, not Vista.

Thanks again,
Sully