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Jay Freedman
 
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Default Want to start page 1 numbering after five pages - how?

I'm sorry to tell you that all that pain was unnecessary. All you need is
*one* section break, and to restart page numbering at 1 in the second
section. As long as there's no page-number field in the footer of the first
section, it doesn't matter what their page numbers really are.

Also, a tip: don't use the Insert Page Number command in the menu; it's a
cockup. Instead, use the Page Number button on the Header/Footer toolbar.
The article at
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...lyindented.htm explains what
kind of trouble the menu item can cause.

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Jay Freedman
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RM wrote:
After working on this for several hours I found the 'trick'. The
'trick' is to insert a section break for each of the first four
pages. On the fifth page, I opened up header/footer and the footer
that was then identified as 'section 5 page footer' where I inserted
the page numbers begining with page
1. Now what that did to the previous pages, was cause them to be
numbered 1-4. So I had to go into each section's footer and select
'Do not print page number on first page' - since each section was
only one page, that forced the page numbers to be suppressed on 1-4.
See what a pain? But now I've learned
- I do appreciate your input. It's nice to know that there is help
out there. Thanks again.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

If you have inserted a Next Page section break to start the fourth
page (note that your description doesn't match the subject line),
take the following steps:

- With the cursor on the fourth page, open the header (View Header
and Footer), so the Header/Footer toolbar appears.

- On the toolbar, click the Same As Previous button to turn it off
(notice that the words "Same As Previous" disappear from the upper
right corner of the header area).

- On the toolbar, click the Format Page Number button. In the dialog
that appears, click the Start At option button. The number 1 appears
in the box to its right, which is what you want. Click OK.

- On the toolbar, click the Page Number button to insert the page
number field. Because this section's header is no longer Same As
Previous, the page number will appear only in the section that
starts on the fourth page, and it will start numbering at 1 because
of the Format Page Number setting.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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newsgroup so all may benefit.

RM wrote:
I have a cover page, then a blank page, then a table of contents,
and other blank page, the fourth page begins the text that I want to
start numbering with page one. The Insert Section instructions
don't seem to be working properly. I would appreciate some tips.
Thanks. R.