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