Thanks for the rapid reply.
After much research I learned how to
insert page breaks and begin page numbering on a different page.
Problemm is,
even though I unlinked the sections, the initial section
the one that I wished not to be numbered,
did have some.
When I deleted them, the following section's numbers vanished
I ht reverse (Ctrl+Z) and tried changing the initial section
to a different format.
The following (unlinked) section copied its style.
Very confused...