IOU Insert Page Numbers For Free

Put the cursor in the footer of page 3, go to the tab Insert and click on the button Page Number. By default, MS Word inserts page number 3. Click on Format Page Numbers in the drop-down menu of the button Page Number. Choose Start at and insert the page number you want to start at.

Place your cursor on the first line of page you want to be page 1. Click Layout in the Word ribbon. Click Breaks. Click Next Page. Double click on the header area of page 1. Click Link to Previous in the Design ribbon.

Select Insert > Page Number, and then choose the location and style you want. If you don't want a page number to appear on the first page, select Different First Page. If you want numbering to start with 1 on the second page, go to Page Number > Format Page Numbers, and set Start at to 0.

Go to Insert > Header & Footer. SelectOptions on the right side, and then select Different First Page. Select Options again, and then select Remove Page Numbers. To see your page numbers and confirm deletion of the number from the first page, go to View > Reading View.

In the Header & Footer section of the Insert tab, click Page Number and select Format Page Numbers from the drop-down menu. On the Page Number Format dialog box, select Start at in the Page numbering section. Enter 0 in the edit box and click OK. This allows the second page of your document to be labeled as page one.

On the Insert tab, in the "Header & Footer" group, click Page Number. Click Top of Page, Bottom of Page, or Page Margins, depending on where you want page numbers to appear in your document. Choose a page numbering design from the gallery of designs.

Put the cursor in the footer of page 3, go to the tab Insert and click on the button Page Number. By default, MS Word inserts page number 3. Click on Format Page Numbers in the drop-down menu of the button Page Number. Choose Start at and insert the page number you want to start at.