

The best way to keep page numbering simple is to do it last.
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This will link the page numbering independent of the Footer linking, allowing us free to edit the Header/Footer for other content without breaking the page numbering. For each successive section, you’ll need to change the formatting when you insert the page numbers: select Continue from the previous section in the Page Number Format menu. With that done, add page numbering to the first section. If your chapters will have unique content in the header, you’ll need to insert section breaks at the end of each chapter. Click ‘OK’ for both menus and your page numbering will appear in the footer.īe sure to close the header and footer (just double-click in the body of your page) to see how the page numbering will look. Also set the Start at: to 1 so that the page I’m currently on will show ‘1’ in the footer. Select the alignment for your page numbering. Here we see the Page Number menu and the Format… menu opened beside it. While in the footer, the ribbon should swap to the header/footer menu and you’ll see the ‘Insert Page Numbers’ button.

Head to the first page you want your numbers to appear on (probably the first page of the first chapter) and double-click on the footer. If you just used page breaks to separate chapters, you’ve got it easy.
#Word header on first page only 2010 update
With all of your breaks added, start with the first section and work sequentially to update the settings for the header/footer in each section. Word offers a lot of options to format the Header and Footer. You’ll have the control to add unique content for the Header (like chapter titles) for each section. Use a Section Break (Next Page) to make each chapter a unique section of the document. A Section Break (Next Page) works exactly like a Page Break with one addition-the file is split into a new ‘section’ on either side of the Break. Use the ‘Next Page’ Section Break until you’re very comfortable with Word formatting. Section Break (Even Page) – starts the new section on the next even page.Section Break (Odd Page) – starts the new section on the next odd page.Section Break (Continuous) – starts the new section on the current page.


Finalize the content before you do any page layout.
