Hey, guys. I've followed the advice given here and elsewhere about how to begin page numbering on the third page of my document. However, my result was to get "Page 1" where I wanted it (on page three) and then NOTHING else. There is no sequential numbering at all. Furthermore, backing out of the document to an earlier saved version, I can't even get any page numbering (other than the first page), even though I'm simply starting at the first page with "insert" > "page number" > "bottom of page" etc. I've done the section breaks as instructed, gone into "Page Number Format" and verified the Page Numbering field is marked "Start at" and the number selected is "1." My document is over 80 pages so far, so I really don't want to have to go through major contortions of cut/pasting or re-typing. I'm so frustrated with this I could scream. I don't understand why this isn't working, even on documents saved and named completely differently. Please help. I'm about ready to go through the trouble of relearning Word Perfect and NEVER using MS again.

You need to put a page number where you want it on the page you want to be page 2.


You have a first-page setting for headers/footers. That header/footer is separate from and different from the header/footer for continuation pages.

• Page Numbers in Word 2007-2019
• Header/Footer Settings Recap

At its simplest, there should be one Next Page section break in the document. If you put your cursor at the very end of the document, what section are you in? You can show this in the status bar by right clicking and putting a tick next to the 'Section' option.

Now, assuming there is already a section break located at the end of the second page (before 'page 1'), go into the footer on the third page. When you are in that footer, what does the info say at the top of the footer divider - From your complaint, I'm guessing yours says 'First Page Footer - Section 2'. If that is the case, that footer will only appear on the first page of that section. You can turn off the 'Different First Page' setting on the ribbon to make all the pages in that section share the same footer.

The screen capture I loaded shows some content on how I add the field required for a page number. You can type the word 'page' and then select it and press Ctrl-F9 to convert it into a field which displays the page number. If it appears as {Page} then you can right click it to toggle that field and show the page number itself.

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