Split file name to cover two rows in WORD footer.

[S.H.A.D.O.]

Good afternoon,

I have file names which are quite long.

I want these file names to appear in the footer of each sheet followed by page 1 of x.
When entering the footer I can hit the enter key and it creates two lines for the file name and then when I hit enter again it drops the page 1 of x down another line. I end up with exactly what I want over three lines.

Now comes the BUT.

When i print the sheets it puts the filename into one line with the page 1 of x underneath, making two lines and not three.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[S.H.A.D.O.]

Good morning,

I currently have the footer setup in Insert > Footer > General so that the filename (and Page 1 of x) automatically gets pulled into the footer.

When I edit the footer and press enter it splits the filename into two lines which is what I want. This also shows as two lines within the document itself, even after it is saved and reloaded.

So for example, if I had the filename:

This is at the beginning of all filenames - [number of the section and will change] this is the section title and will change

...I want changed to:

This is at the beginning of all filenames
[number of the section and will change] this is the section title and will change

The problem is I think, is that the filename is pulled into the footer, and although I press enter and make the filename appear on two lines, when I print it, it still prints as one line.

If I edit, copy and paste the filename from explorer into the footer and then break the line where I want it broken it prints on three lines (two for the filename and one for the Page 1 of x).

The trouble is this needs to be done for MANY files so it will take ages to do it by this method manually.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Macropod]

If your filename is inserted via a FILENAME field, inserting a paragraph break or line break into it is futile - Word will remove any edits you make as soon as anything causes the field to update (e.g. printing the document). The only way to get the field to span multiple lines would be by formatting the paragraph concerned with left/right indents, as appropriate, to apply word-wrapping. That wrapping may or may not give quite the results you're after.

 

[S.H.A.D.O.]

Hi Paul,

If your filename is inserted via a FILENAME field, inserting a paragraph break or line break into it is futile.

I had pretty much come to that conclusion when Googling it, but thank you for the confirmation, it is appreciated.
I have managed to do them all manually now and it only took an hour so no biggie there.

Thanks again Paul and enjoy the rest of your weekend.