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Word: Page numbers starting from a specific page

Kent Lofgren
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Starting page numbering on a specific page with the number 1 can be tricky. For example, a document with one title page, a second page for the Abstract, and a third page for the Table of Contents (ToC). The introduction starts on the fourth page, where you want numbers, starting at 1. The trick is to insert a section break. Each section can have its unique design, including its own page numbering system. By default, sections are linked to each other. This is something that we have to change. I will show you how to do that. The first step is to put the blinking cursor at the beginning of the fourth page. Then, click the Page Layout TAB, select the Insert section, and make sure it is the next page option. By doing this, you have created two separate sections to work with. Then, place the blinking cursor somewhere in section two to insert a page number in the second section. Then click the Insert Tab and select Insert page number. (In this examp …...more
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Word: Page numbers starting from a specific page
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Starting page numbering on a specific page with the number 1 can be tricky. For example, a document with one title page, a second page for the Abstract, and a third page for the Table of Contents (ToC). The introduction starts on the fourth page, where you want numbers, starting at 1. The trick is to insert a section break. Each section can have its unique design, including its own page numbering system. By default, sections are linked to each other. This is something that we have to change. I will show you how to do that. The first step is to put the blinking cursor at the beginning of the fourth page. Then, click the Page Layout TAB, select the Insert section, and make sure it is the next page option. By doing this, you have created two separate sections to work with. Then, place the blinking cursor somewhere in section two to insert a page number in the second section. Then click the Insert Tab and select Insert page number. (In this example, I will put those numbers in the bottom, center.) Now, it is time to break the link. Because the two sections we created are linked to each other, the page numbering is not correct. Click once on the link button to break that link. While you are still in the second section of your document, re-format the page numbering for this section. You do that by clicking the Insert TAB and selecting Format page numbers. Make sure it says Start with number 1. Then click OK. Lastly, it is time to remove the page numbers from the first section. Go to that section, select a page number, and delete it. Double-click anywhere in the text to leave the footer. This results in two sections with two separate numbering systems. There is no number on the first pages, and there is a new page numbering system in the second section. Copyright Text, video, and audio © Kent Löfgren, Sweden

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Kent Lofgren

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