[dba-Tech] Question about Word fields and custom properties

Another question for you, Bryan and other Word gurus. It seems that when I create a TOC, it includes the title page and other pages that come before the TOC. That seems idiotic to me, but I don't know how to get around it. I'm looking at a book right now whose format is acceptable, even nice. The first several pages (title, publisher page, history, dedication) are all without page numbers. Then comes the TOC, whose first page is not numbered, but whose second page is numbered viii -- thus accounting for the previous pages). The first page listed in the TOC is the Introduction, whose first page is not visibly numbered, but whose second page is page 2. Every subsequent chapter's first page contains no page number, but of course is counted. Also every chapter begins on an odd-numbered page.

How do I set this up? Any assistance gratefully appreciated.
 
Arthur 



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From: Bryan Carbonnell <carbonnb at gmail.com>
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On 3/14/07, artful at rogers.com <artful at rogers.com> wrote:
> I'm monkeying with a template. I have created a field on the title page and on subsequent page headers, that references the document title entered on the properties sheet. I want another field that prints a date on both the title page and subsequent page footers. Call this [Issue Date].
>
> 1. I can't figure out how to refer to a custom property as if it were a field. I cannot figure out how to insert this custom property. When I choose Insert Field from the menu, there doesn't seem to be a way to refer to the custom properties.

Insert| Field....
Document Information from Categories
DocProperty from Field Names

Then click Options and scroll to your property name.

Or you can just type the field in:

{ DOCPROPERTY "YourName"  \* MERGEFORMAT }

where the {} are entered by pressing CTRL+F9

> 2. I can refer to PrintDate or SaveDate, which is good enough, but it prints the time too, and I can't figure out how to format it the way I want (mmm-dd-yyyy).

When you are in the Field Dialog and have selected the date you want,
click the options button and you can select the date format, or even
type your own in.

The field will look like:

{ DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT }