How to skip pages in a numbered document in Microsoft Word

Go to the Insert tab on the ribbon and use the Page Number button to insert page numbers. Navigate to the second page which is the section that you want to skip page numbering for. Go to the Insert tab and from the Page Number tool, select the remove page number option.

1. How do I start page numbers on a specific page in Word?
2. How do I make page numbers sequentially in Word?
3. How do you skip a page?
4. How do you number pages in Word starting on Page 2?
5. How do I fix page numbers in Word?
6. How do you number pages differently?
7. Why are my page numbers all the same?
8. Why is page number only showing on first page in Word?
9. How do I eliminate a blank page in Word?
10. Why do page numbers skip in Word?
11. Why are my page numbers not continuous in Word?

How do I start page numbers on a specific page in Word?

Click on the Layout tab. Select Breaks → Sections Breaks → Next Page. Put the cursor on the page where the page numbering should start (that is section two in the document). Click on the Insert tab and Page Number.

How do I make page numbers sequentially in Word?

Add page numbers to a header or footer in Word

1. Click or tap in the header or footer where you want the page numbers to go.
2. Go to Insert > Page Numbering.
3. Select Current Position.
4. Choose a style.

How do you skip a page?

Click at the first line of the page in your document from where you want to start the page number by skipping the previous pages. Navigate to the Layout settings and click on Breaks. Click on the Next page to add a section break in your document. A section break is added at the bottom of the previous page.

How do you number pages in Word starting on Page 2?

Beginning page numbers on the second page

1. On the Insert tab, in the "Header & Footer" group, click Page Number.
2. Click Top of Page, Bottom of Page, or Page Margins, depending on where you want page numbers to appear in your document.
3. Choose a page numbering design from the gallery of designs.

How do I fix page numbers in Word?

Fix page numbers starting over at “1” in body of document

Put the cursor in the footer; DO NOT select the page number. Click Page Number and then Format Page Numbers. In the Format window, click Continue from previous section and then click OK.

How do you number pages differently?

You can use any other format instead.

1. Select between the intro and the body of the document and go to Layout > Breaks > Next Page.
2. In the header for the body section, deselect Link to Previous. ...
3. Go to Header & Footer > Page Number, and then click Page Number.
4. Choose the position and alignment of page numbers.

Why are my page numbers all the same?

Either you have restarted the page number in one of the sections, and every subsequent section is restarting at the same number (and you have a LOT of sections), or (more likely) the page number has just been typed. ... In the Page Number Format dialog, choose the radio button for "Continue from previous section."

Why is page number only showing on first page in Word?

If you have enabled "Different first page" on the Header & Footer Design tab on the ribbon, you will have to insert the page number separately for the footer where it is missing. Double-click to activate the header/footer view, click where you want the page number and press Alt+Shift+P.

How do I eliminate a blank page in Word?

Delete a page in Word

1. Click or tap anywhere in the page you want to delete, press Ctrl+G.
2. In the Enter page number box, type \page.
3. Press Enter on your keyboard, and then select Close.
4. Verify that a page of content is selected, and then press Delete on your keyboard.

Why do page numbers skip in Word?

The 'skipped' pages because of section breaks are intentionally left blank. It is how Word is designed. If you want your header/footer and whatnot, add an extra page wherever there is a missing page.

Why are my page numbers not continuous in Word?

In the Page Number Format dialog (select Format Page Numbers from the Page Number drop down in the Header & Footer section of the Insert tab of the ribbon), select the radio button for "Continue from previous section".