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In the bottom toolbar of my MS Word document, in the far left corner, I used to always be able to see what page I'm on in my document: "page 43 of 256," for example. Recently this switched to a word count: "24655 words." How can I switch it back to see the page count?
Thanks
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Answer accepted by question author
Right-click the status bar (the "bottom toolbar") of the Word window.
If 'Formatted Page Number' doesn't have a check box in the context menu, like in the screenshot below, select it; this will add it to the status bar.
Do the same for 'Page Number'.
Answer accepted by question author
Are you viewing the document in Print Layout mode?
If you are in Draft or Web Layout mode, you will not see the page numbering in the status bar.
Hi Doug,
That was it! Somehow I got switched to Web layout mode.
Thanks!
Hi,
That does not seem to have helped. Section and Page Number were already checked, so I checked Formatted Page Number; no change. So I unchecked all three, closed the document, re-checked all three, closed the document, and tried again. I still only get the word count.
Hi Schwaben10,
Right click on the status bar - is page # unticked?