"Word" help

[jonesthecurl]

So the "tell me what you want to do" thing on Microsoft Word appears to be dead. I need to not have page numbers on something for the first few pages. I have managed to get Word to recognise that "Page 1" starts on the real page 7 of the file. But it still numbers the first 7 pages too. SO it goes, page 1-7, then restarts at 1. What I need is to not have the initial page numbers 1-7. I have spent several hours on this and can't effing get it together. Advice?

[DirtyDishSoap]

So the "tell me what you want to do" thing on Microsoft Word appears to be dead. I need to not have page numbers on something for the first few pages. I have managed to get Word to recognise that "Page 1" starts on the real page 7 of the file. But it still numbers the first 7 pages too. SO it goes, page 1-7, then restarts at 1. What I need is to not have the initial page numbers 1-7. I have spent several hours on this and can't effing get it together. Advice?

What version is it? 2017?

[mrswdk]

Google 'Word don't put page number on every page'.

[jonesthecurl]

After much faff, I seem to have sorted this. Not entirely sure how, but I'll take it.

[DoomYoshi]

This is an issue I have been plagued with many times in the past, but I can't remember how I fixed it.

[2dimes]

Have either of you tried the open source word knockoffs?

[jonesthecurl]

Yes indeed, but this needed to be a docx document in the end.

[Symmetry]

Yes indeed, but this needed to be a docx document in the end.

Yup- one of the places I volunteer at insists on using Libreoffice (sp?). It can save in MSWord extensions, but good luck preserving the formatting and even allowing its preferred format to be uploaded by many websites.

You don't really realise how tight Microsoft's monopoly is until you realise that it's basically unacceptable to use a different format.

[DoomYoshi]

Yes indeed, but this needed to be a docx document in the end.

Yup- one of the places I volunteer at insists on using Libreoffice (sp?). It can save in MSWord extensions, but good luck preserving the formatting and even allowing its preferred format to be uploaded by many websites.

You don't really realise how tight Microsoft's monopoly is until you realise that it's basically unacceptable to use a different format.

George R. R. Martin uses Wordstar. That's the only acceptable alternative. It's funny to think that in school I was only taught Corel WordPerfect. That was definitely a waste of time, as is most of public school.

[thegreekdog]

So the "tell me what you want to do" thing on Microsoft Word appears to be dead. I need to not have page numbers on something for the first few pages. I have managed to get Word to recognise that "Page 1" starts on the real page 7 of the file. But it still numbers the first 7 pages too. SO it goes, page 1-7, then restarts at 1. What I need is to not have the initial page numbers 1-7. I have spent several hours on this and can't effing get it together. Advice?

Can you divide the files and have pages 1 through 7 in File 1 (unnumbered) and the remainder in File 2 (numbered)? Seems like cheating, but, well... I have nothing else to offer.

[Symmetry]

Yes indeed, but this needed to be a docx document in the end.

Yup- one of the places I volunteer at insists on using Libreoffice (sp?). It can save in MSWord extensions, but good luck preserving the formatting and even allowing its preferred format to be uploaded by many websites.

You don't really realise how tight Microsoft's monopoly is until you realise that it's basically unacceptable to use a different format.

George R. R. Martin uses Wordstar. That's the only acceptable alternative. It's funny to think that in school I was only taught Corel WordPerfect. That was definitely a waste of time, as is most of public school.

George R. R. Martin can use whatever he wants at this point. He could get a crayon doodle of Sean Bean fighting a kraken seem like a legit pitch for a show now.

Plus, ya know, I kind of wish he'd use a word processing program more than he does, literally any word processing program.

[thegreekdog]

Yes indeed, but this needed to be a docx document in the end.

Yup- one of the places I volunteer at insists on using Libreoffice (sp?). It can save in MSWord extensions, but good luck preserving the formatting and even allowing its preferred format to be uploaded by many websites.

You don't really realise how tight Microsoft's monopoly is until you realise that it's basically unacceptable to use a different format.

George R. R. Martin uses Wordstar. That's the only acceptable alternative. It's funny to think that in school I was only taught Corel WordPerfect. That was definitely a waste of time, as is most of public school.

George R. R. Martin can use whatever he wants at this point. He could get a crayon doodle of Sean Bean fighting a kraken seem like a legit pitch for a show now.

Plus, ya know, I kind of wish he'd use a word processing program more than he does, literally any word processing program.

GRRM is dead to me. I know he's like "I'll write when I want, it's my prerogative." My response is, "Okay, fat f*ck. I'm not buying your books any more." There are better fantasy writers who actually write instead of basking in fame and glory for something that only gained mainstream acceptance because it was on HBO and showed bewbs.

P.S. - Wildcards is great.