Originally Posted by Colonel Biggs

I followed JimP's link, which solved the problem. This is how i used to do it in Word 2000 (from an earlier century). However, when one goes the Insert\Page Number route and selects the placement of the page number, one passes by the formatting option, and I did not think to go back to that drop-down menu to access same.

Thank you both very much for your inputs!

And, a Happy Thanksgiving to you.

Gordon