- If your document is divided into sections, click in a section or select multiple sections in which you want to change the page number format.
- On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
- Click Format.
- In the Number format box, click the format you want.
Note If your document contains multiple chapters or sections, you may want to restart page numbering with 1 for each section.
Change the font and size of page numbers
- On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
- If you positioned the page numbers at the bottom of the page, click Switch Between Header and Footer on the Header and Footer toolbar.
- Select a page number.
If you inserted page numbers by using the Page Numbers command on the Insert menu, make sure to select the page number inside its frame.
- Click the page number.
A cross-hatched frame border appears around the page number.
- Select the page number inside the cross-hatched frame border.
- Click the page number.
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On the Formatting toolbar, click a font name in the Font box or a point size in the Font Size box.