Inserting page numbers into a document

[Colonel Biggs]

I am using Word 2010, and I want to enter simple page numbers. The first page will not reflect a page number, and the second page will start with "1." When I go through the routine ("first page different"), the system bypasses the first page, but starts the second page at "2." If I change it to "1," all the remaining pages also become "1."



Somewhere I am off track!

Gordon
Houston, Texas

[JimP]

This should help you:

http://www.mcstech.net/blog/index.cf...soft-Word-2010

[Charles Kenyon]

Originally Posted by Colonel Biggs

I am using Word 2010, and I want to enter simple page numbers. The first page will not reflect a page number, and the second page will start with "1." When I go through the routine ("first page different"), the system bypasses the first page, but starts the second page at "2." If I change it to "1," all the remaining pages also become "1."

Somewhere I am off track!

Gordon
Houston, Texas

You need to restart page numbering on your second page (inserting a section break) or restart it on the first page as 0. The different first page refers to the use of a different (or no) header/footer on the first page and has nothing to do with page numbering.
Header/Footer Settings Recap

Normally, if you use Word's Insert > Cover Page for your first page, it will do the renumbering and different first page settings automatically.

[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

[ScottishPolarBear]

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

Why did you leave 2000? ;-)

[Colonel Biggs]

Actually, 2000 was easier to use (for me). However, I write a lot of text with photos, etc., and when I would get too many on a page, the photos would start "moving" on me. Therefore, I assumed that by 2010 Microsoft would have fixed this. Needless to say, they had not. Some of the editing additions (e.g., the placement of lines et al) to an inserted picture are a little more precise in 2010 -- other than that....Word is Word!

GB