Are you referring to numbering pages or putting page numbers on the pages?
There's a difference (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm). You can't stop Word
from numbering (counting) the pages.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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