Please, i would like to know how to number pages in Word 2000...i need
to know how to have page numbers start on a page that is not the
'first page'(i have a title page, a table of contents page, and
credits page, all of which are NOT to be page-numbered) so page four
will be numbered page 1, page five will be numbered page 2,etc... and
that will run through the document...i have tried the help assistant,
and reading my word 2000 for dummies to NO AVAIL, please help
immediately?

Hello mikerps,

I am using Word XP myself, but phoned a friend to verify that these
instructions should work for Word 2000. If they do not work, please
let me know and I will further assist you.

I can understand your frusteration in trying to make this work.
Finding the answer to this was much harder than I had anticipated! I
find it surprising that there is no easier solution.


1) "Position your cursor on the page before the page you want to
renumber. Select Insert, Break from the menu bar. In the "Section
break types" list, check the "Next page" button and click OK. That
separates the previous pages from this new section of your document."
(see source for this step below.)
2) Click on 'Insert' and click 'Page Numbers...'
3) Change the Position to top or bottom of the page depending on where
you want the page numbers to show.
4) Click on 'Format'.
5) This is the Key Step. Where it says 'Page numbering' click on
'Start at:' and put in '1' to restart numbering. (This restarts
numbering at 1 for the new section that you created in step 1).

Source for steps 1:
WordPerfect 8.0 and Word 2000
http://www.luc.edu/infotech/document/wpword/pgnums.html

I hope that this was quick enough for you. I tried to verify that I
have these instructions written clearly and that there were no
mistakes. If you run into any problems, let me know and I will be here
to further assist you immediately in the next hour or so.

tisme-ga


Search Strategy:

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trial and error was used as well... main source cited above.

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Request for Answer Clarification by mikerps-ga on 10 Jan 2003 08:48 PST

hi well i have tried this and other combinations of choices for this 
for the last 2hrs and still = "0"  nothing correct... 
 
the page numbers will not start with "1" where i want tham to??? 
 
a section break or any kind of damned break does not seem to be
captured and obviously then not there...
mikerps

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Clarification of Answer by tisme-ga on 10 Jan 2003 09:21 PST

Hello mikerps,

Please make sure that you are using the "Next Page" break on the page
BEFORE you want the pages to start renumbering. Then go to the page
where you want the renumbering to start. At the bottom it should say
Page X Sec 2.

Now click on 'Insert' and 'Page Numbers...' 

Click on 'Format'.

Where it says 'Page Numbering' click on Start at and put 1 to restart
the numbering. If you click 'OK' twice, you should now see at the
bottom, Page 1, Sec 2.

tisme-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by mikerps-ga on 10 Jan 2003 09:57 PST

well it was more obvious than that
it is the "show number on first page" dialog box
that needed to be "UNselected"

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Clarification of Answer by tisme-ga on 10 Jan 2003 13:46 PST

Great! I am glad that it is now working for you. I actually had that
step in the original instructions but wanted to keep it simple so I
removed it.

I guess that because you had already tried before that the first page
had a number on it. If you start a brand new document and want to
start numbering at page 8, all you have to do is put in a new break at
page 7 (for next page) and it will start the renumbering at page 8.

tisme-ga