Word for Mac - Page Numbers Formatted to "Current Position"

[JonRoe14]

Does Microsoft Word for Mac allow for adding page numbers using the "current position" option?

I need to add page numbers in a head and keep them in line text and the easiest way to do this on a PC is to use the "current position" formatting option. I have spent endless hours researching and trying to figure this out myself but have been annoyingly unsuccessful. The only thing remotely close that I can find is that when I add the page numbers they appear in their own text box, which can then be moved to any position by dragging them. However, when doing this they do not appear in line with the text.

The picture I have attached is from Word on my PC.

Has anyone figured out this problem? Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[vansmith]

At first glance, this doesn't seem possible. That said, that doesn't mean there is a solution. Might you have an example of a screenshot where you've accomplished what you want to do? If the page number is in the header, we might be able to insert it like any other and simply play with it. If it's outside the head, we might have to get creative.

 

[rmhoma]

Using "current position" with page numbers in Mac version of Word

I just wanted to put the word "Page" before the page number - easy to do in Windows version using "current position" option, but not available in Mac version.

Worked around this by inserting page number, double clicking on frame around page number (with 4-sided arrow) and selecting "remove frame" button. It then put page number inline as text, but still allowed me to put a space before it and add additional text and format everything together.

 

[chscag]

Unfortunately, some of the many useful features that are in Word for the PC are missing in Word for the Mac. However, the latest version of Office 365 has restored some of those once missing features to the Mac version. The bad news is that they are only available with the Office 365 version and not the stand alone Mac version of Office 2016. Our thanks to Microsoft for being such clods about this.

 

[DianeVan]

I use Word 2008 on my MacBookPro. Try Insert/field/ and scroll down to numbering-page and hit enter. You can put this in a header with the word "Page" or anything else before the field.

For my work I need "Page # of #" and I haven't found a way to do it in Mac Word, but if open a document with these fields which has been made in PC Word it works fine. So I just copy it to my Mac Word document.

There is a site which has lots of good information on Mac Word. http://word.mvps.org/Mac/