Hi Robin, I do a lot of programming at work where I have to work with the Word 2003 object model. one of the known problems it has is that determining the page number isn't always entirely accurate. it's because the way things wrap, Word can't really know the page number for sure until it tries to print the document and see where things break when printing.
it sounds like WE is not reading you the contents of the status line, but each item it contains, and is getting the info for that item from the object model. so, if Word has it wrong in the object model, then WE would be saying it wrong. It may be better for you to use the mouse cursor and move it down to the bottom of the window, and read the page number from there. I have to say I've never run into this problem in WE where it's not reading to you exactly the info from the status line. I'm going to try and reproduce it, and then maybe I can do something about it in my MS Word script. If you want to send me the document, that would help. you can send it to [email protected] thanks. Chip -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Word 2003 oddity in this document Hello all, I'm proofreading a 42 page policy document at work. The first page is a title page (designated as Section 1 in Word). The next 2 pages are the table of contents (Section 2). The next page starts the main content (Section 3). Here's the issue I'm trying to understand. I have enough vision to squint and see the page numbers on the status bar. If you know the status line, it shows the word "Page" and the number at the far left, then the section number, then the page number expressed as a fraction of the whole document e.g., "4/42". Window Eyes reads them in a different order when I use the Status Bar hotkey, but the info is generally the same. In this document, the page numbers on that line follow consecutively such that the title is on page 1 of 42, the contents fill pages 2 and 3 of 42 and the main body of the policy shows as starting on page 4 of 42. Oddly though, and I am guessing this has to do with the section breaks, the "part of the status line that says 'Page #"" only shows me being on page 3, even though the fractional representation says 4/42. When I page up and down through the document or use Word's Go To page number, both the second page of the table of contents and the page where the main body of the document begins show as page 3. The section break right there is also a Next Page section break. If I ask Window Eyes to read the status line, it reads everything as if I'm on page 3 even though the fractional part I can see visually says 4/42. It's intriguing to me that Window Eyes is not really reading the status line then, it must be making some assumption because the status line clearly says "Page 3, sec 3, 4/42". Does anyone have enough experience with section breaks and such to know what's going on here? I know this is a weird issue and I probably wouldn't even know it was an issue if I couldn't see the status line. My challenge has been referencing page numbers when I'm editing the document or in meetings where we are discussing it. _________________________________ Robin Van Lant, Program Manager Key Equipment Finance Tel: 720-304-1060 Email Classification: KeyCorp Public This communication may contain privileged and/or confidential information. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing or using any of this information. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and destroy the material in its entirety, whether electronic or hard copy. This communication may contain nonpublic personal information about consumers subject to the restrictions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. You may not directly or indirectly reuse or redisclose such information for any purpose other than to provide the services for which you are receiving the information. 127 Public Square, Cleveland, OH 44114 If you prefer not to receive future e-mail offers for products or services from Key send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with 'No Promotional E-mails' in the SUBJECT line. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
