Re: Problem with inserting page numbers

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Cindy,
When I select insert/page number/bottom a window pops up with a heading
General, and in small print "Error - not a valid link". Then in grayed out
print at bottom of this window it says "Save selection as page number". This
is why I think Word believes I have a selection somewhere (which I don't) and
want to past it as a page number. I have been doing a lot of pasting from
Excel, as I mentioned, into Word, and it would appear that this action has
not been cleared and Word is expecting more pasting. I've closed everything
out and even when I open Word without anything else and a blank page I get
the same response. I'm thinking I have a corrupted Word program and may need
to repair (hopefully not re-install).

Thanks for the response and any other ideas on how I might clear the error.

J Austin

"Cindy M." wrote:

Hi =?Utf-8?B?SiBBdXN0aW4=?=,

I just created a new Word 2007 document and copy/pasted (without link)
several ranges from Excel 2007. They have displayed as tables (which is what
I wanted). However, when I go to insert page number/bottom of page or any of
the other options, it appears it is trying to insert a selection/link. All
my pastes were direct and did not try and link but it appears Word believes I
still have a selection/link active. I've gone to a new page in Word and
typed in text to be sure I was out of the pasted tables.

Can you describe more precisely what Word is doing that makes you say "However,
when I go to insert page number/bottom of page or any of the other options, it
appears it is trying to insert a selection/link."? What's Word doing?

If I
- copy a set of cells in Excel
- switch back to Word
- paste
- From the Insert tab in the Ribbon, choose Page Number/Bottom of Page, and
select and entry

Word goes to the Footer region of the document and displays a page number.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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