page numbering

[Mike]

I'm building a document that starts with a title page, two
pages of table of contents, and then my abstract. I want my
page numbering (1,2,3...) to start on page 3 (the
abstract). I've been about three hours at this now and
can't get it to work. I try making section breaks, this
works, but the first three pages are still numbered (1,2,3
/ 1,2,3,...). In Wordperect its an option to do this, and
is very easy. I've been all over the web and everyone wants
to tell me how easy this is, but I haven't gotten anything
to work.

Any suggestions?

Mike

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, Mike. You are on the right track by putting a Section Break Next
Page between the last TOC page and the abstract. What you need to do
after that is:
1. Click somewhere in Section 2.
2. Click on View | Header and Footer, to open the Section 2 header.
Turn off "same as previous" on the Header and Footer toolbar, and do the
same for the footer.
3. Highlight the page number in the Section 2 header or footer, and
click on Insert | Page Numbers | Format | Start at: 1.
4. Press the UpArrow key a couple of times to move to the Section 1
footer (or header) and delete the page number from Section 1.
5. Close the Header and Footer dialog.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm