I have Word 2011 for Macintosh. I am trying to insert page numbers so that they start after the cover page and number beginning with "1". I can't do it because when I go into the header on the first page of text (the second page of the file) it says "same as previous" and there's no way to go into this to turn it off. So when you insert a page number it puts it on the first page and there's no way to change this. Has anyone else had this problem? Why does it say "same as previous" if there's no option to turn that feature off?

It seems Microsoft has dumbed down its products for Macintosh, leaving out many of the advanced features that were in earlier versions of Word for Windows. I remember on my Windows computer all the things I was able to do with Microsoft Word that I can't do on the Macintosh. This is so frustrating!

If you don't want page numbering on the first page, you should either:
a) use a 'different first page' layout; or
b) insert a 'next page' Section Break after the first page,
then add the page numbering to the second page. If you use the 'next page' Section Break, you will need to unlink the header for Section 2 from Section 1.

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In the footer, it shows a blue bar with "same as previous". But I can't edit this or change it. I don't know how to select different first page or deselect same as previous. I can't find either of these things anywhere. So I can't start page numbering on a page after the table of contents.

When you're in the header footer area click on the 'Link to Previous' button on the Ribbon's 'Header and Footer Tools' tab.

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I can't click on it; nothing happens. There is no way to change it.

Seems to be specific to Word for Mac that this feature doesn't work. It worked on my old Windows computer.

Maybe there's something wrong with your mac Word installation. I very much doubt MS would have added the button and then made it inoperative.

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There is no button, there's just a blue bar that says "same as previous" on it. Someone else told me how to do it a while ago, and it worked, but I forgot what it was, and it's something obscure that I would never be able to figure out on my own.

See attached (from Word 2010). As you'll see, in addition to the 'same as previous' on the bar below the header, there is a 'Link to Previous' button highlighted on the Ribbon. That button is available in any Section except the first. Doesn't Mac Word have the same?

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