Page Numbering Needs to Ignore First 3 Pages

[jdph40]

In Word 2002, we have a 10 page document. Pages 1, 2, and 3 should
not be numbered, and page 4 should be numbered as Page 1. I inserted
a section break at the bottom of page 3 and on page 4, I inserted a
footer, unset Same As Previous and inserted a page number. It is
numbered as page 4, seeming to ignore the section break. Can anyone
tell me how to do this?

TIA,
JD

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You've done everything right except for one thing. On the Header and Footer
toolbar, click the Format Page Number button and choose Start at 1.

 

[jdph40]

Thanks, Suzanne!

JD

 

[macropod]

Hi JD,

You can also do it without resorting to section breaks, using a field coded
as:
{IF{={PAGE}<4}= 1"" {={PAGE}-3}}
in your header or footer.

Cheers

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This works find unless you need a TOC, in which case the TOC will pick up
the "raw" (not the calculated) page number.