[fig000]

Hi,

I'm not new to word but rarely have the opportunity to get into
formatting issues.


I've looked at a number of articles about this. Basically it's a
simple problem, I'm sure.


I'm trying to create a document with a title page and the rest of
the document is simply pages (it's a novel). I want to create a
header
on all the pages but the title page and I need to have the page
numbers start at 1 on the first non-title page (the second page in
the
document).


I've been able to create a second continuous section ( for the
non-
title pages and create a header that does not appear on the title
page. All well and good.


When I try to insert a page number in the second section (all the
non-title pages), no matter what I try, the page number on the first
non-title page is greater than 1. I tried formatting the page number
by experimenting with various start numbers from one to 2.


The best I can do is to get the page number on the second page to
start with 2; it seems to be continuing from the first section
(page).
I've turned off link to previous on the second section header.


Doing web searches has not gotten me any answers. Any help would
be
appreciated.


Thanks,
Fig000

[macropod]

Hi fig000,

You need to insert a 'Next page' Section break at the end of your Title page(s). Then, on page 2, unlink the header and footer from
the previous Section, insert the page number field and format the page number to start at 1.

Note that, depending on how you've set the document up, it's layout may be formatted to have a different first page and different
odd & even pages. If that's the case, you'll probably need to ensure the 2nd Section doesn't have a different first page and, if
it's got different odd & even pages layout that it's inherited from the previous Section and you:
.. want to keep that arrangement, then you'll need to unlink both the odd & even page headers and footers from the previous Section;
.. don't want to keep that arrangement, then change the 2nd Section's layout to remove the different odd & even pages attribute.

Cheers
--
macropod
[MVP - Microsoft Word]
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"fig000" wrote in message ...
Hi,

I'm not new to word but rarely have the opportunity to get into
formatting issues.


I've looked at a number of articles about this. Basically it's a
simple problem, I'm sure.


I'm trying to create a document with a title page and the rest of
the document is simply pages (it's a novel). I want to create a
header
on all the pages but the title page and I need to have the page
numbers start at 1 on the first non-title page (the second page in
the
document).


I've been able to create a second continuous section ( for the
non-
title pages and create a header that does not appear on the title
page. All well and good.


When I try to insert a page number in the second section (all the
non-title pages), no matter what I try, the page number on the first
non-title page is greater than 1. I tried formatting the page number
by experimenting with various start numbers from one to 2.


The best I can do is to get the page number on the second page to
start with 2; it seems to be continuing from the first section
(page).
I've turned off link to previous on the second section header.


Doing web searches has not gotten me any answers. Any help would
be
appreciated.


Thanks,
Fig000

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For this specific case (and no other), enable "Different first page" on the
Layout tab of Page Setup. Omit the PAGE field from the First Page
Header/Footer, inserting it only in the primary Header/Footer that appears
on successive pages. Then use Format Page Number to start numbering at 0.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"fig000" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I'm not new to word but rarely have the opportunity to get into
formatting issues.


I've looked at a number of articles about this. Basically it's a
simple problem, I'm sure.


I'm trying to create a document with a title page and the rest of
the document is simply pages (it's a novel). I want to create a
header
on all the pages but the title page and I need to have the page
numbers start at 1 on the first non-title page (the second page in
the
document).


I've been able to create a second continuous section ( for the
non-
title pages and create a header that does not appear on the title
page. All well and good.


When I try to insert a page number in the second section (all the
non-title pages), no matter what I try, the page number on the first
non-title page is greater than 1. I tried formatting the page number
by experimenting with various start numbers from one to 2.


The best I can do is to get the page number on the second page to
start with 2; it seems to be continuing from the first section
(page).
I've turned off link to previous on the second section header.


Doing web searches has not gotten me any answers. Any help would
be
appreciated.


Thanks,
Fig000