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Word Perfect 5.1 question -- running headers/footers

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From: Rich Wales
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 1990 05:12
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I have a question about WordPerfect 5.1 for the PC.  I am considering
buying WP, but I want to know the answer to this question first.

Suppose I am writing a book, with chapters and sections within chapters.

I want to have the chapter name, and also the section name, included as
part of a "running header" and/or "running footer" on each page.

I would like to do this by defining a "paired style" for the chapter
name -- and another, similar paired style for the section name -- which
will automatically insert the chapter and section names into my running
headers/footers as desired.

I do =not= want to define a brand-new, complete running header or footer
all over again each time a new chapter or section starts.  Not only am I
not willing to do all that typing, but I want to be able to define the
layout of the running header/footer just once -- and be able to change
the layout just once if necessary, and have the change take effect
throughout the entire document (but with the appropriate chapter and
section names in each occurrence of the header/footer).  I want to just
type the chapter/section name, and invoke the appropriate paired style
around the name, and nothing else.

Is it possible to do this in WP 5.1 by means of paired styles?  If so,
could someone please send me e-mail with a basic description of how this
can be done?  Or, if it cannot be done via paired styles but can be done
in some other way, please let me know that.

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-- Rich Wales <wales@CS.UCLA.EDU> // UCLA Computer Science Department
   3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, CA 90024-1596 // +1 (213) 825-5683
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