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Old 01-30-2016, 01:04 PM
MetroBOS MetroBOS is offline Start page number on page 3, go to page not working properly Windows 7 64bit Start page number on page 3, go to page not working properly Office 2010 64bit
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I have a 97-03 document.

Page 1 of the document is the title page.
Page 2 of the document is a table of contents.

Page 3 of the document is where the content starts, so I added a section break at the bottom of page 2 so that the page count starts on page 3. In other words, the page number at the bottom of page 3 is page 1.



Now, when I hit CTRL+G and go to page 2, it goes to the page numbered as 2. When I hit CTRL+G and go to page 3, it goes to the page numbered as 3. So on and so forth.

Great!

Here's the problem. When I hit CTRL+G and go to page 1, it goes to the table of contents page instead of the page numbered as 1.

When I choose to show the paragraph marks and other formatting symbols, here is what I see:

Bottom of Title Page:
Page Break

Bottom of Table of Contents Page:
Section Break - Next Page

Bottom of page 3 (numbered as page 1):
Page Break

I am assuming the problem has to do with the fact that there is no page break at the bottom of the table of content page. But I've tried inserting a page break there and that did not solve the problem.

Please help! I've been trying to fix this all day and it's driving me nuts.

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Old 01-30-2016, 01:41 PM
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See How to set up a document with front matter numbered separately.

Note, your TOC should act as hyperlinks to pages as well.
How to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word by Shauna Kelly
Generating a Table of Contents - Complex Documents
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Thank you for responding, but I'm afraid that didn't work. The page numbering I have set up works fine. The problem is when I try go to to page number 1.

Also, I should note that even though the document is saved as a 97-03 document, I am editing it in Word 2010.
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I've attached a sample of the document I am working with. If someone can take a look and figure out why CTRL+G to page 1 goes to the TOC and not the page numbered 1, please let me know. I just about give up.
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You have two page ones in your document. It goes to the first one.

If you delete the page break before the table of contents and instead use a next-page section break you will then have two pages numbered 0. The first page 1 will be the one you want to go to.
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I cannot thank you enough for helping me with this. I was literally close to tears after spending all day trying to figure it out.
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