See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm. Note that
if you want to omit page numbering for Section 1, you must unlink the
Section 2 header/footer in order to leave the Section 1 header/footer blank.

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"wingeddove2003" wrote in message
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i have a document that is 15 pages long. but i want to start the page
numbering on page 4 using the number 1