placement of page number

[Sherry]

I am working on a formal report using MLA format. I need
to have page 1 print at the bottom of the page and page 2-
15 print at the top right. Can anyone please help me.
When I move page 2, it also moves page 1. This is the
only thing holding up me submitting my report.

Thanks

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Do not use Insert => Page Number. Put your page numbers in headers / footers
using the header/footer toolbar. When you are in header/footer view also on
that toolbar is a button that looks like an open book and is for page setup.
Click it. Change the setup so that "Different first page" is selected. Close
that dialog box. Put your first page header in the box that says first page
header. Put your footer in the box that says "footer" (it won't start until
page 2).
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

First of all, give up the idea of using Insert | Page Numbers. Delete the
page numbers you have inserted (see
http://home.zebra.net/~sbarnhill/WanderingFrame.htm to make sure you do it
correctly). Then do the following:

1. With the insertion point in page 1, View | Header and Footer. This puts
you in the header pane.

2. Press Ctrl+R. This right-aligns the header paragraph. Since all you want
in the header is a page number, this is the easiest way to position it.

3. Click on the # (Insert Page Number) button on the Header and Footer
toolbar. This inserts a { PAGE } field at the top right of the page.

4. Click on the Page Setup button on the H&F toolbar and check the box for
"Different first page." OK.

5. You will now be in the First Page Header. Click on the Switch Between
Header and Footer button to get to the First Page Footer.

6. Press Ctrl+E to center the paragraph and click the # button to insert
your page number.

7. Click Close on the H&F toolbar.

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[Alan]

Hi Sherry:

Did you use Insert / Page Numbers? Or did you go into the
footer and use the toolbar there to do the numbering?

If the former, the best starting point now is to delete
them -- because they're harder to control. They will be
in the header and/or footer. First click on or near them,
several times.

You want them "frozen" with a thick charcoaly border
surrounding. Then you can press Delete.

Then go back into the document proper, and go
File / Page Setup / Layout
Check the box "Different first page" and OK

Then return to the headers/footers (View / Header and
Footer). There'll be one for the first page, and another
for the rest. They'll be independent.

(I'm assuming you only have one Section in the document.)

Use the "#" icon on the toolbar to put in a number. Use
the tab key to move to the center or flush right. Use
the "Show Next" and "Show Previous" buttons, on the little
toolbar, to move from one footer to the next.

 

[John S.]

Your answer was very helpful. A follow up: Keeping the
below formatting, how do I make the pagination start at 2?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Do you want the number 2 on page 1, or you want to start numbering with 2 on
page 2 and have no page number on page 1?

If the former, click the Format Page Number button on the H&F toolbar and
choose Start at: 2.

If the latter, click the Page Setup button and check the box for "Different
first page." This gives you a separate First Page Header, which you leave
empty. The page number you entered in the Header will be 2.

For more on page numbering, see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm
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Microsoft MVP (Word)
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Fairhope, Alabama USA
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