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PhilB
March 4th 06, 04:49 PM
I have a novel containing three sections. The title page, the prologue and
misc. pages and the main body of the novel. I use the View header and footer
to number the main pages 1,2,3,etc. and then the misc. pages with
i,ii,iii,iv, etc. Finally, I used page layout to remove page numbers from
the title page. What then occurs is that the misc. pages begin numbering at
ii, instead of i. Page numbering help in Miscrosoft Word Help is
frustrating to use. Would appreciate any help, as I have to get this
document formatted before I can submit to publish. Thanks.

Suzanne S. Barnhill
March 4th 06, 04:59 PM
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm for help.
But note that the title page (if it is the first page) *should* be page i,
even though no number is printed on it. By convention, every page in a book
is numbered, usually starting with the title page (or half-title if there is
one) as i or 1 (depending on whether front matter is numbered separately).

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"PhilB" > wrote in message
...
> I have a novel containing three sections. The title page, the prologue
and
> misc. pages and the main body of the novel. I use the View header and
footer
> to number the main pages 1,2,3,etc. and then the misc. pages with
> i,ii,iii,iv, etc. Finally, I used page layout to remove page numbers from
> the title page. What then occurs is that the misc. pages begin numbering
at
> ii, instead of i. Page numbering help in Miscrosoft Word Help is
> frustrating to use. Would appreciate any help, as I have to get this
> document formatted before I can submit to publish. Thanks.

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