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Kleo knows how to add page numbers to his document. He would like the page numbers to be spelled out, however; for instance, "seven" instead of "7" or "fifteen" instead of "15."
When you use the various Word tools for adding page numbers to a document, those page numbers are inserting using fields. One of the great things about fields is that you can modify what they produce by using switches. Try these steps:
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2016-10-29 09:28:20
Abdul Quadir
I would like to add that you can capitalize the spelled-out page numbers in two ways:
1)* Caps: Each word in the page number begins with a capital letter e.g. Fifty-Nine and One Hundred Thirty-Four.
2) * FirstCap: Only the first word begins with a capital letter e.g. Fifty-nine and One hundred thirty-four.
2016-10-29 05:50:30
Maja
What a cool tip! Thank you so much! <3
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