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Specify how to start or restart page numbering

1. If you haven't done so already, insert a section break where you want to start page numbering.

   How?

   1. Click where you want to insert a section break.
   2. On the Insert menu, click Break.
   3. Under Section break types, click the option that describes where you want the new section to begin.

      Note  If you have already inserted a page break to cause a chapter to start on a new page, delete the page break and replace it with a section break that starts on a new page.

2. Do any of the following:

   Start page numbering with 1 after the first page

   For example, you can omit page numbers for the document's title page or introduction and then start page numbering later in the document.

   1. Click in the section in which you want to start page numbering.
   2. On the View menu, click Header and Footer.
   3. If you want to position the page numbers at the bottom of the page, click Switch Between Header and Footer on the Header and Footer toolbar.
   4. If a header or footer has been defined for a previous section in the document, click Link to Previous on the Header and Footer toolbar to break the connection between the header or footer in the current section and the previous section.
   5. If there's already text in the header or footer that you don't want, delete the text before inserting the page number.
   6. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
   7. Click Format.
   8. In the Start at box, enter 1.

   Start page numbering with a number other than 1

   For example, you can number pages without a break in numbering between multiple documents by numbering the first document 1 through 20 and the second document 21 through 40.

   1. Click in the section in which you want to change the starting page number.
   2. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
   3. Click Format.
   4. In the Start at box, enter a number.

   Restart page numbering with 1 for each chapter or section

   For example, you can number the first chapter 1 through 5 and the second chapter 1 through 8. Or, number the table of contents i through iv and the rest of the document 1 through 25.

   1. Click in a section or select multiple sections in which you want to restart page numbering.
   2. On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
   3. Click Format.
   4. In the Start at box, enter 1.