i have written a long report and i'm now trying to figure how the page numbering works.

the order is as follows :

cover page
acknowledgments
abstract
TOC
Main text

i only want numbering to start from Main text (page 1) and don't want it to appear elsewhere. why is it that when i insert page numbers in main text, it appears on the TOC too?

i've already added -next page- break, but it doesn't seem to work.

now the numbering is as such :
toc 1 - page 1
toc 2 - page 2
main text 1 - page 1
...
page 80