Learn MS Word: Setting The Page Numbering Of Your Document

Perhaps the most frustrating thing for beginner MS Word users is the setting of page numbering. THE PAGE NUMBERING FOR THE 2007-16 USERS First: For the TOC, TOA and Index of Terms. Insert Footer - Edit Footer - Turn off Link To Previous - Go To Page Number (3rd Button from left). Choose Format Page Number And choose the i,ii,iii and Start At i. Center Your Cursor! Go Back to the Page Number Button and go down Current Position and bring in the number which will come in at i. Go to the bottom of the TOA (center the cursor) and go to Page Number Button, Current Position and bring it in and you will now see ii. Now do the same for your Index of Terms. For The Main Part Of The Document!  For the 2007-16 users: In order to hold off the page number on the first page of the actual document and start the numbering on the second page footer of the actual document as 2 do the following:  Under the "Insert Tab" choose Footer. Under the 3 template footer scenarios choose Edit Footer  Make sure you turn off Link To Previous right away.  Make sure Different First Page is checked on.  Look for the Page Number button (left side). Go in there and look for Format Page Number.  Make it 1,2,3 style of numbering and choose Start at 1.  Select OK. Note: If you want the page numbering to come in on page 1 then center (Control E) go to the Page Number Button, go to Current Position and Choose Plain Number. If you do not want to bring in the number on page 1 then go straight to the bottom of page 2. now Immediately navigate to the footer that sits at the bottom of page 2 of the main part of the document. Take off Link To Previous if it is on. Center your cursor (Control E).  Select Page Number again and choose at "Current Position", choose the plain text option which is the top scenario. Your numbering will come in as "2" and your page numbering will now be set for the remainder of that section.. www.advanceto.com