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by nsohenick

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I have a word document that has page numbers at the bottom center of the page. The page number used to be at the very bottom of the page, but now it is well above it and looks like it is part of the numbers in the document. I have tried the bottom margin at .1, .2, and .3 and it does not change it position on the page. How can I get this page number to print lower on the page?? I am stumped. Please help.

Thanks,

Nicole Sohenick

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by hinrgman

If you are using Word 2000 - go to page setup, margins, in the from edge box set the footer setting to about 0.5". That should do it.

by nsohenick

I changed it, but it didn't make a difference. It still looks the same with .5 as with .1, .2, or .3?? Any other suggestions?

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by lizzy

Have you tried selecting all [Ctrl+A] and running page set up once more to see where the margins are? Moving the bottom margin up or down should affect the document text only, but not the page numbers, so try moving the bottom margin up. The default is usually 1" from all sides. Then go in and check your page numbers, by first removing them and then re-inserting them to get them to show up in the proper manner. Best wishes.

by dklippert

It's probably in the body of the document. Go to View>Header Footer and see where it is. You can Cut and Paste to put it into the Footer.

To see the field behind the number, toggle back and forth with ALT+F9.

by shanghai sam

Delete the page number. Click View on the menu bar and then click header and footer. Go to the footer and then click on the insert page number icon (the white page with the hash [#] key on it).
If the page number is still too high from the bottom of the page then go to page setup and under the margins tab check that the footer distance in the From edge frame is not to large, adjust the distance to a lesser amount and (drum fanfare) your problem should be fixed!!

good luck

by lord foul

Delete the page number. Click View on the menu bar and then click header and footer. Go to the footer and then click on the insert page number icon (the white page with the hash [#] key on it).
If the page number is still too high from the bottom of the page then go to page setup and under the margins tab check that the footer distance in the From edge frame is not to large, adjust the distance to a lesser amount and (drum fanfare) your problem should be fixed!!

good luck

by jacmari

Not too sure if any of this will help, but I just thought I'd try and help. First of all you can check if there are extra Return Carriages after the page number because that affects the margins.

If you're not using a footer, I would recommend using it. It works a lot better that way.

Hope this helped.

by dreamboat

Nicole:

Always use the # sign button on the header/footer toolbar to insert page numbers and you will never have this problem again.

The default, Insert-Page numbers put the page numbers in little *textboxes*. I hate that format myself. I don't feel as if I am in control of them. It is easy to drag them out of place by accident. You can delete any page numbers that are in *textboxes* by clicking on them, then clicking on the border that appears, and hitting your delete key.

I know thatthis question has been answered, but I thought this might help.

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