I often share many wistful recollections of Word Perfect, especially the DOS
version (talk about antedeluvian!!), particularly when--after some years of
using Word--I get frustrated trying to do stuff that should be REALLY
simple. But, hey, the economic Darwinists among us will cluck, Bill won.
Being a monopoly didn't hurt. No need to be the best. Just the
biggest.Don't get me started. I didn't just say that, did I???

Back to your issue. If you set up page numbering using Insert, Page
Numbers, follow what Garfield wrote. There is another way to get the page
number off the first page. If you inserted page numbers the other way, by
creating them in a footer, you need to go back to page 1. Go to File, Page
Setup, Layout and put a checkmark in the box for Different First Page. Your
page 2 footer may now become your page 1 footer; and now, since you have a
Different First Page, your page 2 footer is probably gone. Just
cut-and-paste it back into the footer for page 2, leave the page 1 header
blank and that ought to do it. Note: This is based on Word 2003; menus in
earlier versions might differ somewhat but the concept is the same. If you
find there is already a check mark in that little box, then cut your page 1
header and paste it into a footer for page 2.

Hope this helps.


"flamestar" wrote in message
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Actually all I wanted to do was supress the page numberon the first page.
Every word processer does that except this version with is so bad I want
Word Perfect back. When I couldn't supress the first number nothing that
help
said even worked remotly. Then I went to edit and backed up and undid the
page number cammand but the page number were still there. Nothing works.
Never has any word processor ever been so poorly designed.