Footer numbering in sections

[derohanes]

I have a document with the first 2 pages as a TOC. I want to start the numbering of the footers on page 3. I have made a section break, but I can't figure out how to exclude footers on the section 1, and start footers as page 1 on section 2.

[Charles Kenyon]

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For more see Numbering Front Matter (Ribbon)

[derohanes]

Followed the steps in the link, but now how do I stop counting? I have 73 pages total and the footer is still saying page 1 of 73, even though it is starting counting on page three. I will also want it to stop counting before the last section, which is back matter.

[Charles Kenyon]

You can't stop it counting before the end. The best you can do is put in the actual number once you are done editing.

An alternative is to put in a page number field in the last page of your body and link to that. If I were going to be heavily editing this, I would use that option.

Here are more ideas: How to control the page numbering in a Word document