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numbers can be used to automatically
number each page in your document
they come in a wide range of number
formats and can even be customized to
suit your needs
page numbers are usually placed in your
documents header or footer so before you
get started you might want to check out
our separate headers and footers video
to begin navigate to the insert tab then
click the page number command you'll
find a few different options designed to
help you with different types of
documents to add page numbers to an
existing header or footer use the
current position command otherwise
choose one of these three options to
create page numbers from scratch
no matter what you select word gives you
several different numbering styles to
choose from all you have to do is click
the one you want and it'll be added to
your document as you can see the design
tab appears anytime your header or
footer is open making it easy to
customize your page numbers for instance
if you want to remove them from page one
then resume on page two you can check
the box next to different first page to
close your header or footer click this
button here or press escape on your
keyboard to open it again simply double
click the margin to unlock it
scrolling down our document we can see
that each page is numbered consistently
and correctly however there's a separate
section towards the end where I'd like
to start the numbering over there is a
way to do this you can even apply
different styles to each section all you
have to do is insert a section break
first in this example I want to restart
the numbering at page 1 for the work
cited so I'm going to place my cursor at
the beginning of the section and then go
to the Layout tab from here click the
breaks command you'll see a few
different types of section breaks but
the one we want is next page
now we can adjust our page numbering by
following these steps first double-click
the header or footer to unlock it then
click the page number command and choose
format page numbers from the menu a
dialog box will appear where you can
change the number format add chapters to
your page numbering and much more
however to restart your numbering all
you have to do is select the field that
says start at by default word will set
it to restart at one but you can enter
any number here depending on what you
need when you're done click OK and
you'll see the change immediately there
are lots of things you can do once
you've created different sections for
instance if you deselect link to
previous you can freely edit or even
delete the numbers in a section without
affecting the rest of your document see
how the first section remains unchanged
page numbers are one of words most
useful features whether you're working
on a simple business document or a large
important file they can make your work
easier to navigate and also add a nice
professional touch
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