Yes. On the Layout tab of Page Setup, check the box for "Different first
page." This will give you a separate First Page Header/Footer. Leave it
blank. Insert your PAGE field in the primary Header/Footer. If you want to
start at 1 on page 2, click the Format Page Number button on the Header and
Footer toolbar and start the numbering at 0.
Alternatively, if this is a very simple document that will never have more
than a single section and will not have anything in the header/footer except
a page number, use the Insert | Page Numbers dialog, clearing the check box
for "Show number on first page." Click the Format... button and start
numbering at 0 if desired.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Bert Coules" wrote in message
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On the subject of headers and page numbers, is there a way of beginning
the
page numbering on the second, rather than the first, page of the document,
apart from making the first page a separate section?
Bert