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How to Automatically Create Page Numbers in Microsoft Word

Back again with a tutorial article with Dafunda Tekno. This time Dafunda Tekno will share a tutorial on how to automatically create page numbers in word. Of course, by using numbering on Microsoft Word document pages, it will be easier when looking for material in the document.

Creating page numbers in Word is a very important point when you make assignments, whether it be in the form of report assignments, papers, theses, theses and other reports. So, for those of you who don’t know how to make page numbering in Microsoft Word automatically, let’s look at the following method.

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How to Automatically Create Page Numbers in Word

Time needed: 5 minutes.

You can apply this tutorial on how to make page numbers in Word in Word 2007, 2010, 2022 and 2022. This tutorial will discuss some important points in creating page numbers in Microsoft Word. So, just take a look at the steps below.

  1. Open Microsoft Word on your laptop or PC

    Then enter the menu Insert then select Page numbers

  2. Later a menu will appear to select the location of the page number. Here you can choose what you want to be at the top of the page, below the page and other positions.

    Then point the cursor to one of the menus, then select page number design do you want.

  3. Then click type page numbers do you want

    Now you have successfully created the page number

  4. But if you don’t do other settings, if there is a cover in the document, there will also be numbering on the cover.

    Of course the cover can’t have a number right? So, how do you remove the number on the cover? you can see the following method.

  5. Double click on the footer or page number that you created earlier

    Then check the Different first page

  6. Well the page number on the first page is gone
  7. So, if you only reach the steps above, of course another page down will start numbering from number 2.

    To overcome this, you can follow the steps below.

  8. Click on start page

    Then enter the menu Page Layout and select Breaks

  9. Next select Next Page

    Later you will see page 2 of your document sheet becomes blank. This is because you checked the option Different first page

  10. Now double click on the footer of the previous page

    Then uncheck Different first page

  11. However, the previous page will remain in the same numbering starting from the number 2

    So why can this happen? this is because we haven’t reset the page numbering yet. You can follow these steps.

  12. Double click on the footer

    Then click again on the page number and click on options Format page numbersyou can see that the page numbers are still numbered in the previous section so the cover page is still counted.

  13. Now to change it, click Start at

    Then on field enter the number 1 to start numbering from number 1.

  14. You have successfully created a number in Microsoft Word

    The cover page won’t even show a number.

In addition to using numbers, you can also use other formats for numbering such as roman numerals or letters of the alphabet. How to change it in page number format as we did above. Then click Number format and select page numbering using the number you want.

That’s how to create numbers in Word automatically. Did the tutorial above help you with numbering pages in Microsoft Word? If there is something you don’t understand, just ask in the comments column below. Hope it is useful.