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Dear all,

I have a document which starts with several pages eg title page, index etc
prior to body of the document. I want to number my pages with Insert / Page
number so that eg the 4th page of my document will say page 1, the 5th page
will say page 2 etc. How do I tell MS Word '07 to start numbering at eg the
4th page ie the body of the document and not at the first (title) page??

thank you


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You need to insert a section break at the end of that part of the document
that will not have pages numbered.

I don't know what version of Word you're using, but I find I have more
control of the page numbers if I insert them from within the footer itself,
rather than using the Insert menu. If you're using Word 2003 or earlier, just
open the footer (or header) and a "Headers and Footers" toolbar will open.
Place your cursor where you want the page number to be and click on the Page
Number icon.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Dear all,

I have a document which starts with several pages eg title page, index etc
prior to body of the document. I want to number my pages with Insert / Page
number so that eg the 4th page of my document will say page 1, the 5th page
will say page 2 etc. How do I tell MS Word '07 to start numbering at eg the
4th page ie the body of the document and not at the first (title) page??

thank you


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Sorry I meant to say I am using Word 2003. Is there something to indicate
where a section break is in a document? I am using page layout / break /
section break / next page but l can't see any indication of a section break
and when I do the numbering it just numbers the first page as 1, as usual


"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

You need to insert a section break at the end of that part of the document
that will not have pages numbered.

I don't know what version of Word you're using, but I find I have more
control of the page numbers if I insert them from within the footer itself,
rather than using the Insert menu. If you're using Word 2003 or earlier, just
open the footer (or header) and a "Headers and Footers" toolbar will open.
Place your cursor where you want the page number to be and click on the Page
Number icon.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Dear all,

I have a document which starts with several pages eg title page, index etc
prior to body of the document. I want to number my pages with Insert / Page
number so that eg the 4th page of my document will say page 1, the 5th page
will say page 2 etc. How do I tell MS Word '07 to start numbering at eg the
4th page ie the body of the document and not at the first (title) page??

thank you


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If you click on the ¶ button in your "Standard" toolbar, you should see the
section break as a wide dotted line. (kind of like this:
:::::::::SectionBreak:::::::::

Insert that break at the point where unnumbered pages end and numbering
should begin. Then click in the footer area (or go to View - Header and
Footer). The "Headers and Footers" toolbar should open. Make sure that the
"Link to Previous" icon is NOT clicked. If it is selected, click it again to
toggle it off.

Then you can use the "Insert Page Number" icon to insert your page number.
If you want it to start with some number other than 1, click on the "Format
Page Number" icon. That will open a window that will allow you to start the
page numbering at something other than 1 if needed.

You can also refer to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm for more
information.


I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Sorry I meant to say I am using Word 2003. Is there something to indicate
where a section break is in a document? I am using page layout / break /
section break / next page but l can't see any indication of a section break
and when I do the numbering it just numbers the first page as 1, as usual


"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

You need to insert a section break at the end of that part of the document
that will not have pages numbered.

I don't know what version of Word you're using, but I find I have more
control of the page numbers if I insert them from within the footer itself,
rather than using the Insert menu. If you're using Word 2003 or earlier, just
open the footer (or header) and a "Headers and Footers" toolbar will open.
Place your cursor where you want the page number to be and click on the Page
Number icon.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Dear all,

I have a document which starts with several pages eg title page, index etc
prior to body of the document. I want to number my pages with Insert / Page
number so that eg the 4th page of my document will say page 1, the 5th page
will say page 2 etc. How do I tell MS Word '07 to start numbering at eg the
4th page ie the body of the document and not at the first (title) page??

thank you


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Ok I can see the section break but when I then try to number the pages it
just numbers the first page as page 1, as if there were no section break.


"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

If you click on the ¶ button in your "Standard" toolbar, you should see the
section break as a wide dotted line. (kind of like this:
:::::::::SectionBreak:::::::::

Insert that break at the point where unnumbered pages end and numbering
should begin. Then click in the footer area (or go to View - Header and
Footer). The "Headers and Footers" toolbar should open. Make sure that the
"Link to Previous" icon is NOT clicked. If it is selected, click it again to
toggle it off.

Then you can use the "Insert Page Number" icon to insert your page number.
If you want it to start with some number other than 1, click on the "Format
Page Number" icon. That will open a window that will allow you to start the
page numbering at something other than 1 if needed.

You can also refer to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm for more
information.


I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Sorry I meant to say I am using Word 2003. Is there something to indicate
where a section break is in a document? I am using page layout / break /
section break / next page but l can't see any indication of a section break
and when I do the numbering it just numbers the first page as 1, as usual


"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

You need to insert a section break at the end of that part of the document
that will not have pages numbered.

I don't know what version of Word you're using, but I find I have more
control of the page numbers if I insert them from within the footer itself,
rather than using the Insert menu. If you're using Word 2003 or earlier, just
open the footer (or header) and a "Headers and Footers" toolbar will open.
Place your cursor where you want the page number to be and click on the Page
Number icon.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Dear all,

I have a document which starts with several pages eg title page, index etc
prior to body of the document. I want to number my pages with Insert / Page
number so that eg the 4th page of my document will say page 1, the 5th page
will say page 2 etc. How do I tell MS Word '07 to start numbering at eg the
4th page ie the body of the document and not at the first (title) page??

thank you




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You have to use Format Page Number to "Start at 1" in Section 2. You must
also unlink Section 2 from Section 1 and delete the PAGE field in Section 1.

--
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Uddhava" wrote in message
...

Ok I can see the section break but when I then try to number the pages it
just numbers the first page as page 1, as if there were no section break.



"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

If you click on the ¶ button in your "Standard" toolbar, you should see
the
section break as a wide dotted line. (kind of like this:
:::::::::SectionBreak:::::::::

Insert that break at the point where unnumbered pages end and numbering
should begin. Then click in the footer area (or go to View - Header and
Footer). The "Headers and Footers" toolbar should open. Make sure that
the
"Link to Previous" icon is NOT clicked. If it is selected, click it again
to
toggle it off.

Then you can use the "Insert Page Number" icon to insert your page
number.
If you want it to start with some number other than 1, click on the
"Format
Page Number" icon. That will open a window that will allow you to start
the
page numbering at something other than 1 if needed.

You can also refer to
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm for more
information.


I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Sorry I meant to say I am using Word 2003. Is there something to
indicate
where a section break is in a document? I am using page layout / break
/
section break / next page but l can't see any indication of a section
break
and when I do the numbering it just numbers the first page as 1, as
usual


"Idaho Word Man" wrote:

You need to insert a section break at the end of that part of the
document
that will not have pages numbered.

I don't know what version of Word you're using, but I find I have
more
control of the page numbers if I insert them from within the footer
itself,
rather than using the Insert menu. If you're using Word 2003 or
earlier, just
open the footer (or header) and a "Headers and Footers" toolbar will
open.
Place your cursor where you want the page number to be and click on
the Page
Number icon.

I hope this helps.

Fred

"Uddhava" wrote:

Dear all,

I have a document which starts with several pages eg title page,
index etc
prior to body of the document. I want to number my pages with
Insert / Page
number so that eg the 4th page of my document will say page 1, the
5th page
will say page 2 etc. How do I tell MS Word '07 to start numbering
at eg the
4th page ie the body of the document and not at the first (title)
page??

thank you




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Sorry for being thick but how do I do that? What is next after I have
inserted the section break?

thank you



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You have to use Format Page Number to "Start at 1" in Section 2. You must
also unlink Section 2 from Section 1 and delete the PAGE field in Section 1.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org











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See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm for more information
on dealing with headers and footers.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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Sorry for being thick but how do I do that? What is next after I have
inserted the section break?

thank you



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You have to use Format Page Number to "Start at 1" in Section 2. You must
also unlink Section 2 from Section 1 and delete the PAGE field in Section
1.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org













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