How to Paginate a Long Technical Report in Microsoft Word

VANESSA JARAMILLO

CARLOS VALDEZ

TSZ LAM

What is Pagination?

Medium 1 example Medium 2 example

Why is Pagination important?

Organization

Navigation

Control System/Communication

Letter of Transmittal and Title PageLetter of Transmittal

not a page

No pagination

Title Page first page

No pagination

Page Break/Next Page

Best to use Next Page to start a new section and page break just to start a new page.

Delete any unnecessary paragraphs using paragraph symbol.

Replace with page break when necessary.

Header and Footer

Applied to the first page of each section.

Double click on the Header of the page.

Make sure that Different First Page and Link to Previous are unchecked/disabled.

Apply to Footer as well.

Preliminary Pages

The page numbers will be at the bottom center of the introductory pages.

Use only Roman numbers for these pages.

The first page after Title Page starts with roman numeral two (ii)

How to Scroll to first preliminary page. Double click on the bottom of the page to

activate the footer.

Body Pages

Page numbers go on the top right hand corner.

Use regular (Arabic) number for these.

The first page, Introduction, starts on page 1.

How to Scroll down to the first body page.

Double click on Header.

Final Thoughts

Mac vs. Windows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHSZxUg_2U4

Questions?

References

http://wiu.libguides.com/content.php?pid=169194&sid=3078107

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/726/08/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/xaoness/?details=1

http://arena.gov.au/about-arena/corporate-publications/annual-report-2012-13/

http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc66387/m1/1/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/16/pagination-gallery-examples-and-good-practices/

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326536

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pagination

https://gist.github.com/mislav/622561