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Field codes: Page field
 

{ PAGE [\* Format Switch ] }

Inserts the number of the page that the PAGE field is located on. Microsoft Word inserts the PAGE field when you click the Page Numbers command (Insert menu) or when you click Insert Page Number Button image on the Header and Footer toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).

 Note   The PAGE field does not count beyond 32,767.

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\* Format Switch

Optional switch that overrides the numeral style (style: A combination of formatting characteristics, such as font, font size, and indentation, that you name and store as a set. When you apply a style, all of the formatting instructions in that style are applied at one time.) selected in the Number format box in the Page Number Format dialog box (Insert menu, Page Numbers dialog box, Format).

 Note   To modify the character formatting (character formatting: Formatting you can apply to selected text characters.) of the page number, modify the Page Number character style (character style: A combination of any of the character formatting options identified by a style name.).

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