How to start page numbers after the first few pages in a Word Apr 2, 2024 — Step four: Choose another page number. · Right-click on the page number in the header & footer group and choose Page Number, then click the Add New Page button. How to start page numbers after the first few pages in a Word Jul 11, 2024 — The default is to start page numbers on page 3 in the Header & Footer group. Open the Header & Footer group. You should now see a drop-down menu, which contains all the available page numbering styles. Click the default dropdown, Choose from Design, then choose from Designs. If you don't see the Style drop-down menu, choose the styles in the following table to start counting: Design Style Number Design Styles Pages 1 “1” “3” “5” 3 “7” “9” “12” 5 “12” “15” 15 “18” “23” 23 “27” “33” “36” Step 3: Remove page numbers · Choose the Style of your choice from the list in Design Click Apply to add the number style you chose. • This means the Style will apply to every page of the document. Step 4: Reorder pages. It's hard to know where you started! The page numbers may not match the page count you used to start counting, because you may have moved to one-page while keeping the other open to use. If you need to re-do this part of the process for multiple documents, see the instructions below. Note if your number style does not fit in the drop-down menu, go to the document's Header & Footer group and make a new style group. Then, go to the bottom of the new group, click the Style drop-down menu, choose the Style from the drop-down menu, and click Apply Style. Note if you need to re-do this part of the process for multiple documents, see the instructions below. Use a copy of your document that is printed or on-screen. Go to your document and right-click the header & footer group. Choose Page Number Style (or Page Number Style) in the drop-down menu, as shown in the below image. On the Page Number Style dialog box that opens, click Add.