How to type pages in Word 2007 from any page

Normally when we do a thesis, a report, or other papers are required to have a page number. And to conduct page numbering for the text, we just need to click on Insert and select Page Number to automatically number the page from start to finish.

However, in some cases you will not need to page the page from the first page, but you can type the page order from the 2nd, 3rd or 4th page in the document. And familiar page numbering operations that are often done will not work with this situation. If you do not know how, or have forgotten how to number pages in Word from any page, please refer to our tutorial below.

Note, in the article done with Word 2007. With the version of Word 2010, 2013 you do the same. If you are using Word 2016, consult: Word 2016 Complete Guide (Part 15): Page Numbering

To do page numbering in Word 2007, do this:

Step 1:

Open the text and drag to the page you want to number the first page. Place the mouse pointer at the beginning of the text before the first character of the page as shown below.

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Step 2:

Next, select the Page Layout tab on the ribbon and then select Breaks> Next Page to separate the text into 2 different sections as shown.

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Step 3:

Next, select Insert> Page numbers> Format page number .

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Step 4:

The Page Number Format interface appears. We can select the page number type in Number Format . And choose Start at 1 or whatever value you want. Click OK to create the page number.

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Step 5:

Then, in the Insert tab, we select Footer or Header to add the page number, reformat the page number style for the text. Here I choose Alphabet-style Footer.

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Step 6:

Soon, two different sections will appear on the page where you want to number the first page.

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Step 7:

Next go to interrupt the link between the two sections to delete the page number in the previous section. We click on Link to Previous to turn off the link between section 1 and section 2.

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Step 8:

Next, drag up the section 1 section and click on the Page Number of the pages that you don't want to number in order to delete them.

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Soon, the pages of Section 1 will be deleted. And start calculating the number of pages from Section 2.

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The last action when you have finished editing the content and page numbering automatically, you just need to Save the text to save it. The page numbering steps on Word from any page are quite easy to do. The page order will automatically number from any page you have selected on Word documents.

Video tutorial inserting Word page number from any page

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2. How to convert PDF files to Word Online very fast
3. Instructions for printing two-sided paper in Word, PDF, Excel

I wish you all success!