If you want to replace the page number you've just created with one of your own, click the ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ in the bottom right corner. This will bring up the Customize Style dialogue. Click in the dialogue that contains all the options. 5. In the Customize Style dialogue, check insert page numbers and add text and pictures. Click OK, and then click‐‐‐‐. 6. In the next dialogue menu, click add. This will bring up a page number dialog. Select number (optional, default is 1). Click on the number you want to add, and then click Create. You can use this number for a number that is different from the page number and other formatting. 7. Use the formatting controls at the bottom of the page to add a caption and other information. 8. Save as a .docx or .pdf file, and include the .docx or.
Page numbers are especially useful for printed out documents to insert page numbers select the insert tab on the ribbon and click the page numbers button here you can now choose the position where you want the numbers to appear it's most common for the numbers to be at either the top or bottom of a page either left center or right justified and that's why word offers you this as a default if you desire there are other options available to you here and you can customize further by clicking here sometimes you'll want to determine where the page numbering begins by typing in the page number here this is especially useful if you have a cover page that you don't want to be numbered I'll click cancel here as I just want to use one of the default options so I'll click the page numbers button again go to the bottom of the page option and then choose for the numbers to appear at the bottom on the right now you can see that my pages have been numbered to remove page numbers all you need to do is go back to the page numbers button and click remove page numbers you can now see the page numbers have been removed from my document.