Help with MS Word 2003. How to show page numbers only on certain pages?

Question

I have a word document. I have the 3rd page showing as page 1. However, I would like to delete page numbering from the first page in the footer. Can I do this without changing the footer on every other page?

Answer 1

Try this:

1. At the top of the first page you want numbered, click the Insert->Break menu item.
2. Insert a Next Page type section break.
3. Move the cursor down a few lines so it's in the new section you just created..
4. Click on the View->Headers and Footers menu item. You should now see and be able to edit the section's header.
5. One of the icons on the Headers toolbar that pops up, probably the fifth from the right, will say "Same as Previous" when you hover the cursor over it. Click it to disconnect the header from the previous one.
6. The one to its right will say "Switch between Header and Footer" Click it.
7. You're now in the footer. Repeat step 5.
8. A third icon, probably the one to the right of the Switch one, will say "Move to Previous" Click it. You've now moved to the footer of the first section.
9. If there's a page number in the header or footer for this section, delete it.
10. Close the toolbar.
11. Go into the second section.
12. Click on the Insert->Page Numbers menu item.
13. Click on the Format button.
14. If you want the first section’s page numbers to count but not show, click Continuous.
15. Or, if you want the page numbering to start at one, click Start At. A 1 should show up in the list box adjacent to it.
16. Click OK.
17. Click OK to actually insert the page number.

That should do it. What you now have is two sections. Both sections have headers and footers, but the page number will appear only in the second section.

Answer 2

At the end of page 1,
click Insert
Break
Next page
look at the bottom left
when you click on page 2 or three, it should show Section 2.

With Control Home, go to top of file
click View
Header/Footer
click the "switch" button to get to the footer
you should be in Footer, Section 1
Type nothing, but click the "show next" button
you should be in Footer, Section 2

click the "link to previous" button to turn it off
click the "insert page number" button
it will show page 2
click the "format page number" button
at the bottom left, click to start at 1

Answer 3

you need to have sections in your document to achieve what you want (as I recall.) then when you set footers or headers they can be specified for a particular section. that would achieve what you're after.