How do I make my page numbers start on page 3 in MS word 2003?

Question

I have a title page and a table of contents that I dont want to have page numbers on. How do I make the page numbers start after these two pages?

Answer 1

Insert your cursor at the start of page 3 and click on the Insert menu and choose Break - Continuous. Click on the 'View' menu and choose 'Header and Footer'. You should see the header and footer for page 3 which will have 'Header - Section 2' on the left - hand side and 'Same as Previous' on the right. Change the this by clicking on the 'Same as Previous' button on the Header and Footer toolbar. Now click on the Insert Page Number. It should start at 3 and the previous pages will have no number.

Answer 2

Page numbering in Word 2003 is a section property. Since you want two different styles of page numbering, first break your document into two sections - the first with your title page and table of contents, and the rest with the remainder of your document. Then go to the header / footer of the first section and set that section to not display page numbers. Now if your title page and table of contents is two pages long, the first page number that is actually displayed will be on page 3.

Answer 3

It may not be possible.
So either write page no. manually or create 2 different MS word file.
1 for 1st 2 page and other for remaining pages & then give page no.