WD: How to Print a Page Number Sideways (PostScript) (184193)

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The following steps assume that your document has the following attributes:

Margin Settings: From Edge: The page number field in the footer must be flush left and must be the first line in the footer.

To rotate the page number with a Print field code and PostScript code, follow these steps:

1. On the Insert menu, click Field.
2. Under Categories, select All, and under Field Names, select Print.
3. Click Options, select \p page, and then click Add To Field. Click OK to return to Word.
4. Press OPTION+F9 to show field codes. You should see the following:

   {PRINT \p page \* MERGEFORMAT}

5. Type the following text within in the field braces so that it looks exactly like the following:

      { PRINT \p page "% Rotate Landscape Page Numbers
      % This is set to mimic footer page numbers that are flush right, 12-
      % point Times-Roman.
      % The document margins should be Top and Bottom 1" left, right 1.25".
      0 0 moveto
      /Times-Roman findfont 12 scalefont setfont
      /StrLength {(Page ) stringwidth pop wp$fpage stringwidth pop add} def
   
      % To move the position of the text, modify the following settings.
      % If you need to move the text to the right increase the number in
      % PoinstFromTop.
      /PointsFromRight {6} def
      /PointsFromTop {120} def
      /PointsFromBottom {42} def
   
      /UpperMiddle {wp$x PointsFromTop sub wp$y 2 div StrLength 2 div add} def
      /UpperRight {wp$x PointsFromTop sub wp$yorig PointsFromRight add
      StrLength
      add} def
      /BottomMiddle {wp$xorig PointsFromBottom add wp$y 2 div StrLength 2 div
      add} def
      /BottomRight {wp$xorig PointsFromBottom add wp$yorig PointsFromRight add
      StrLength add} def
   
      % NOTE: You can use any one of the following four lines. To change the
      % position of the page number, place a  percent sign in front of the
      % "UpperRight moveto" line, and remove the percent sign from the line
      % that contains the position you want the page number to be in.
   
      %UpperMiddle moveto
      UpperRight moveto
      %BottomMiddle moveto
      %BottomRight moveto
   
      0 rotate
      (Page ) show
      wp$fpage show "}
   						

NOTE: The code has instructions for changing the location and position of the page number.

Once you have created the code, you may want to create an AutoText entry for it. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Select the entire code, including the field braces.
2. On the Edit menu, click AutoText, type in a Name for the AutoText entry, and then click Add.

Explanation of Some of the Lines of Code Listed in this Article

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: