See How to update fields for more details about manually updating fields. The group of warm fields include both fields that are automatically updated when the source changes and fields that can be manually updated. This also means that a cold field includes nothing to be updated.Ī field that has a result and that can be updated. You can read more about the different layers in a Word document later in this article. You will find my macro for updating fields here: Macro – Update All Fields in Word Document. The easiest way to update all fields in a document with fields spread across several layers is to use a macro. Note that a text box in Word is actually a shape which means that it acts as other shapes in relation to updating fields. This also means that you may need to manually take care of the field update in those areas of a document. This automatic control does not apply to fields in footnotes, endnotes, text boxes and shapes. So as long as each page is in its own section you can have as many footers as you want. Just remember to create a new section break at the bottom of every page.Fields in footnotes, endnotes, text boxes and shapesĪs is true for headers and footers, footnotes, endnotes, text boxes and shapes you create using the tools in Insert tab > Illustrations group > Shapes reside in their own layers in a Word document, separated from the main body.Īs explained above, fields in headers and footers are updated more automatically than other fields. You can create a brand new footer here that will be separate from the footer on page 1. But if you look at the footer for page 2 it will initially look like the one you had. This is because by default Link to Previous is selected on the Header/Footer tab. Just deselect that option and you can create your new footer.
On page 2 if you look at the status bar you’ll see that you’re now in Section 2. From there select a Section Break for the Next Page.
To do that, at the bottom of your text for page 1 go to the Page Layout tab and click on the Breaks drop-down arrow. Within one section you can have a different footer for the first page of that section and for the odd and even pages of that section. But you can create a new section directly after page 1 and place a completely different footer on page 2.
The following illustration shows the footer of. Elements like headers and footers reside within sections, and from section to section they can be changed.
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