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Subject:Re: Word 97 and Tables From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:22:24 -0500
In our previous episode, David Harrison said:
> 4. Find a solution that decrements the page count field by 1 and not print
> the last page - don't know how to do that
This is probably the easiest solution. Instead of setting the Page X
of Y with field codes Page {Page} of {Numpages}, make it Page {Page}
of {{Numpages} - 1}. And don't print the last page.
Problem solved, assuming you _do_ have a blank last page. If you
don't, the count will be off.
A less elegant solution, if a small amount of space between the end of
the table and the beginning of the footer is acceptable, is to shrink
that end paragraph marker to a couple of points, and shirk line
spacing to the minimum.
Another approach -- I believe that just as entering a negative value
for a top margin will make the text go to the top margin no matter how
large the header is, entering a negative bottom margin will make the
text flow down to the bottom margin, no matter what's in the footer
space.
Hope one of these helps!
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Beth Friedman bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com
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