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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Inserting Page Numbers of Continuation Pages</title>
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  <bookmark_value>pages; continuation pages</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>next page number in footers</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>continuation pages</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>page numbers; continuation pages</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="par_id3154242" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">You can easily insert the page number of the next page in a footer by using a field.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154256" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">The page number is only displayed if the following page exists.</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3155886" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Insert - Header and Footer - Footer</emph> and select the page style that you want to add the footer to.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147109" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Place the cursor in the footer and choose <emph>Insert - Field - More Fields</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147134" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Fields</emph> dialog, click the <emph>Document</emph> tab.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150955" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click 'Page' in the <emph>Type</emph> list and 'Next page' in the <emph>Select</emph> list.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150517" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click a numbering scheme in the <menuitem>Format</menuitem> list.</paragraph>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150537" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">If you select 'Text' in the <emph>Format</emph> list, only the text that you enter in the <emph>Value</emph> box is displayed in the field.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150727" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Insert</emph> to insert the field with the page number.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
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