Page numbers in different sections microsoft word

After setting the page numbers as you want them, click the OK button to return to your document. You'll have to set the page numbers for each section in your document. Now that everything is all set up, you can display the page numbers anywhere you feel it is appropriate.

The header and footer toolbar from above has several default field code inserts you can use, but if you want to display "page X of Y" where "Y" is the number of pages in the particular section, you will have to do a little more work. To get this format you have to enter this set of field codes in your document or in the header or footer areas:.

The key to inserting field codes is that you do not just type in the curly brackets. The curly brackets are inserted by typing CTRL-F9, which will create an empty set of curly brackets that you then fill in with the appropriate codes. Take a look at Figure B for an example.

Mark W. Kaelin has been writing and editing stories about the IT industry, gadgets, finance, accounting, and tech-life for more than 25 years. Most recently, he has been a regular contributor to BreakingModern. Problem Microsoft Word includes several features designed to ease the potential pain of formatting a lengthy document, including the seemingly mundane task of numbering pages. Solution The process to display page number information based on the number of actual pages per section rather than actual pages in the entire document is relatively simple.

Set the section break The first step is to break your document into sections. Figure A Section break. Thank you for the tips on Word. I have a document where i want to place pages in Roman numbers up to page three. Then from there i want to start all over and make the supposedly 4th page be first page again and use different numbering like a, b c…..

How do i go about it? Hi Steve, please follow the steps in the post. This is how you are going to achieve different page numbering in the same document. Almost helps. For example: I have a functional specification.

About pages long. There are numerous sub-sections to the functional spec. Some 2-pages. Some are pages. I would like to have one page number that tracks the overall document page number. And a second page number that tracks the section page number note: each section of the functional spec is separated by a Page Break.

I can put automatic page numbering in one footer. But when I format the page number for one, the other is updated as well. Did you hire out a designer to create your theme? Excellent work! There is clearly a bundle to realize about this.

I suppose you made some good points in features also. How do you change the page number style? For example, the Two Bars style has two grey bars. How can I make them a different color? Thanks Anne, glad to hear that. You can easily change colors of any object in the header or footer in edit mode.

Right-click on the extreme top or bottom sections of the page and then click, Edit Header or Edit Footer icon. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account.

Notify me of new comments via email. Next, you will need to change the page number format to lower-case Roman numerals i. Click your cursor on the footer of your Abstract or Table of Contents page. Next to "Number format", select the "i, ii, iii, The page numbering for the section with your Abstract and Table of Contents should change to lower-case Roman numerals. As long as you correctly unlinked the following section from this one, the page numbering in the following section, the main body of your text, should remain Arabic numerals starting with 1.

You will also need to remove page numbers completely from the title page and other preliminary pages of your thesis or dissertation.

To do this, you will use the same method as above, but delete the page numbers from the first section of your document. Place your cursor at the very end of the last page which will not be numbered probably your approval page, dedication, or acknowledgment , being careful NOT to place it in the footer where the page number is if the text above becomes grayed out, you are in the footer — try clicking higher.

After doing this, you should see a "Section Break Next Page " code inserted into your document on the page before your Abstract. Go down to the next page below the section break in this example, the Abstract , and click on the page number in the Footer.

Be sure you are not in Section 1 of your document. This will allow you to modify the page number in the first section without affecting this or subsequent sections. Return to your Title Page or any page in Section 1 which will not be numbered and click on the page number in the footer. Click-and-drag your cursor over the page number to select it. Click the "Delete" key on your keyboard to delete the page number from this section. As long as you removed the "Link to Previous" connection from the next section, you should the page number disappear from the first section, but remain in the following sections.

If your paper includes additional sections for example, if your Approval Page was added as a separate section from your Title page , you may have to experiment with linking and unlinking sections from each other -- unlink a section if its page numbering will be different from the one before it, but link together any sections where the page numbering will continue from the one before it.

It is generally a good idea to start with the last section of your document and work your way backwards. Footer Sections and page numbering can be very complex, especially if your document has multiple sections.

If you need additional assistance getting your page numbering correct, contact Jeff Beuck at to set up an appointment. Was this helpful? Yes 0 No 0. Warning: Your browser has javascript disabled. Without javascript some functions will not work, including question submission via the form. How do I number pages differently in the various sections of my thesis or dissertation? Toggle menu visibility. Search Our Faqs. Answered By: Jeff Beuck. Last Updated: Apr 03, Views: Toggle action bar FAQ Actions.

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