Different page numbering

[Guest]

Hi All

I am writing a document where for the first 5 pages I need to use roman
numerals, and then for the remainder use normal numbering (1,2,3 etc).
However the first 4 pages will be counted but not numbered. The first
numbered page will be 5 and it will be numbered 5 in roman numerals. The
next page will start from 1 to the end.

Please could someone show me how I could do this.

Thanks

Imran K

 

[Stefan Blom]

You have to insert two section breaks so that your document has three
sections, and then specify different settings for page numbering
for all of these. The article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm can be
used as a starting point.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Stefan

I've tried this, I managed to create two sections and number the second
section using normal numbers. However I'm struggling a little with the first
section i.e. I don't want it to number the first 4 pages but then number the
5th one with V, and then continue. Do you know how to do this?

Regards

Imran

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You'll need more section breaks so you can omit numbering on some of the
pages. I think this is addressed in
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Stefan Blom]

Since page number format is a section property, you need a new section
for each new page number format. In this case, you need one section
for your unnumbered pages, one for your Roman numerals, and one for
the Arabic numbers in rest of the document.

Once you have three sections, do the following:

Go to the first section, and click Headers and Footers on the View
menu. Word activates the header and footer areas and also displays the
Header/Footer toolbar. By default, the insertion point will be in the
header area.

Click the Format Page Number button and make sure it is set to start
numbering at 1. You don't have to change the format, since no numbers
are supposed to show in this section.

Click the Show Next button to go to the next section header. If you
prefer to have your page numbers in the footer, click the Switch
Between Header and Footer button to move the insertion point to the
footer area.

Click the Same as Previous/Link to Previous button to deselect it;
this will allow you to insert contents in the second section header
(footer) without changing the first section header (footer), which
should be blank.

Now click the Insert Page Number button. Use the Format Page Number
button to set the format to Roman Numerals. Also make sure that
"Continue from previous section" is selected.

For the third section, click the Format Page Number button, change the
number format to Arabic numbers and restart numbering to 1. You don't
have to deactivate the Same as Previous (Link to Previous) button
unless you want your Arabic numbers in a different position than that
of
your Roman numerals in section two.

Finally, click Close on the toolbar to return to the main document
area.

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot guys, very much appreciated.

Regards

Imran K