How to put numbering in Word. How to set page numbers in Word. method - inserting an arbitrary line

Often, when writing long materials in Word, you need to quickly number pages. For diplomas, abstracts, books, articles. In this article you will learn how to automatically number pages in the Microsoft Word text editor. How to number from the first, second or third sheet, and exclude some pages.

I have itWord 2016. Also tested in versions 2007 and 2010.In other versions, the interface is slightly different, but the actions are very similar.

Numbering from the first page

Let's start with the standard task - number all pages in order, without exception.

In the top panel in Word, select the “Insert” tab → “Page Number” → “Page Number”.

A window will appear allowing you to choose where to display the number (top or bottom) and alignment. Some versions will instead have a drop-down window to select a footer template.

Changing the numbering format

When setting numbering, there is a “Format” button. With its help you can change the display and numbering order. For example, make numbering in letters, Roman numerals, start counting the numbering from an arbitrary number.

Double clicking on the page number opens the footer designer. You can also change the format using the Page Number button.

Numbering from the second page

In order not to put the number of the first page, follow the steps from the previous paragraph: on the insert tab, click “Page number” and in the window that appears, uncheck the “Number on the first page” checkbox.

A similar result can be obtained by double-clicking on the numbering, and on the tab that opens with the header and footer designer, click the “Special header for the first page” checkbox.

The countdown starts from the first page, but the number will not be displayed on it.

To exit the header and footer designer, its tab has a special button: “Close header and footer window.”

Change starting digit

If you need to count from the second page from the number 1, you need to set 0 as the initial number. To do this, double-click on the page number, in the tab that appears, open “Page number” → “Page number format” → “Start from” → specify 0.

At the same time, do not forget to click the “Special footer for the first page” checkbox so that the zero is not shown.

If you want to start numbering from 3, 4, 5 or another page other than the second, you won’t be able to simply add a special header and footer; it only works for the first page. In such cases, go to the first page, place the cursor on the last line of the first page and click on the Layout tab → Breaks → Next Page.

Then double-click on the number of this page and check the box “Special footer for the first page” (as in the previous paragraphs). Repeat this step for each page that does not need a number.

Using the “Numbering Format”, specify the number from which to start counting. As a result, you can make sure that there are no numberings on the first five pages, and then on the sixth the countdown starts from 1 or 6.

Exclude pages from numbering

You can ignore some pages in the numbering, that is, skip them.

After you have numbered, click on the bottom line on the page you want to exclude. On the Layout tab, click Breaks → Next Page. After this action, there will be one number on this and the next page. Now you can hide one of the numbers: double-click on it and click the “Special footer” checkbox.

As you can see, Word has very flexible page numbering settings. You can enter numbers in just a minute.

Video on page numbering in Word 2010:

Many official and non-official documents require page numbers. However, when we get to this point, for many this situation sometimes turns out to be almost hopeless. All is not lost - now we will talk in detail about how to put numbering in Word in different ways.

So, the MS Office Word editor is open. We proceed as follows.

If the document is just at the beginning of development, you are on its first page and want numbers to appear on them as new pages are created, you need to go to the “Insert” tab in the top navigation panel. Next, left-click on the “Page Numbers” command (or “Page Numbering” in later versions), click OK in the window that appears and calmly continue working - the pages will be numbered.

How to put numbering in Word not from the first page?

But quite often situations arise when the document is almost finished, and all that remains is to add the finishing touches, including page numbering, and not even from the first page (for example, in a term paper or dissertation). Then you should again go to the “Insert” submenu and select “Page Numbers”, then in the window that appears, click on the “Format” button. Another window will pop up on the screen, in which you need to check the box next to “Start with...” and enter the page number from which the numbering should begin. In the same paragraph, you can change the number format from numbers to letters.

In addition, you can add numbering in Word by making it more meaningful and expanded using the “Header and Footer” command. To do this, select the same “Insert” tab, select “Top” or “Bottom” in the Header and Footer panel, and set the header and footer placement parameters. Also, using this panel, you can get rid of extra numbers on the first pages if your document is already numbered.

In the process of writing an essay, diploma or book, we all use the text editor for Microsoft Word documents. Proper formatting should generally include page numbering within the document. Many people have difficulties and do not know how to number pages in Word, although it is quite simple to do.

This article describes in detail how to number pages in Word, choose the numbering location, format, and also exclude numbering of any document page.

Page numbering in Word 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016

In all versions older than Word 2003, numbering is the same. The screenshots below are based on Word 2017, but they will also work for older versions.

To add numbering in an open document, go to the “Insert” tab. In the “Header and Footer” section, click “Page Number” and select a numbering position. In the screenshot below, I have chosen the footer location with centered placement.

After this action, numbering will appear at the end of each page, as well as displaying a header and footer. To close the display of headers and footers, click the “Close Header and Footers Window” button.

If desired, you can change the numbering format, for example, by making the numbers not Arabic, but Roman. To do this, again go to the “Insert” tab and in the “Page Numbers” item open “Page Number Format”.

Here you can choose the appearance, as well as which number the numbering will begin with. Why this may be required you will find out in the next paragraph.

Removing numbering from the title page

In most educational institutions, one of the requirements for document formatting is the absence of numbering on the title (first) page. If you simply enable page numbering, as shown above, then the numbering will be on the first sheet. To start numbering from the first page, but not display it on the title page, do the following.

Go to the “Layout” tab and click on the “Page Setup” link, as shown in the picture below.

Go to the “Paper Sources” tab and check the “Distinguish between first page headers and footers” checkbox. After that, click OK.

Now numbering is carried out as before, but its number is not displayed on the first page, in our case number 1.

When you want the numbering not to be displayed on the first page (title page), but on the second so that it starts with the number 1, you need to set the numbering from 0 in the menu “Insert” - “Page Number” - “Page Number Format”. the first page will start with number 0 without display, and the second page will start with number 1, the third page with number 2 and so on.

Numbering from the third page

Let's complicate the task a little. We need the numbering to be present, but not displayed on the first and second pages. After all, the first page is usually the title page, the second can be a table of contents, where numbering is also not required.

To number from the third page you will need to do an operation called “Page Break”. First, return all numbering settings to default if you have hidden the numbering display on the cover page. Let's assume that you currently have numbering enabled from the first page and the number 1 is displayed on the title page, the number 2 on the second page, and so on.

For convenience, turn on the display of all characters in Word. To do this, on the “Home” tab, click on the “Display all signs” button.

Now that you have all the characters in your documents displayed, including spaces and empty lines, left-click on the last character on the first page of the document. Then on the “Layout” tab, click “Breaks” - “Next Page”.

Do the same steps with the second page of the document. If you did everything correctly, then the enabled display of all characters function will show you break lines at the end of the first and second pages. In the picture below they are shown with red arrows.

Now the third page is numbered 1. If you want it to be numbered 3, then in the menu “Insert” - “Page Number” - “Page Number Format” set the value to “Start from 3”.

There is only one problem left, on the first two pages we have page numbers displayed. To remove them, select the first page, go to the “Layout” tab - “Page Options”. Next, in the “Paper Source” tab, check the box next to “Distinguish between first page headers and footers.”

Do the same on the next page of your document.

Thus, we were able to make sure that the numbering on the first two pages was not displayed and started from the third, and from the number we wanted.

By the way, this method with a break allows you to start numbering not only from the third page, but from absolutely any one.

To remove numbering, double-click on any page number and press the DEL key. All numbers will be removed from the document.

Page numbering in Word 2003

There are still quite a few people who use the outdated Word 2003. In it, page numbering is done in a slightly different order than for newer versions of the program.

In the open Word 2003 file, click on the top menu “Insert” - “Page Numbers”.

Set the position of the numbers (for example, at the bottom of the page) and alignment (for example, to the right). By unchecking the “Number on the first page” item, you can disable numbering on the title page of the document.

Click on the "Format" button. Specify the numbering format (for example, Roman numerals), and also specify which digit to start page numbering with.

After making changes, click OK and all pages will become numbered.

To number from the third or any other page in Word 2003, first turn on the display of all characters. After that, move the cursor to the last character on the first page and click “Insert” - “Page Break” in the horizontal menu. Do the same on the second one. From now on, numbering will start from the third page.

Word is deservedly considered the most popular program for working with text files. It provides a number of advantages that cannot be ignored, in particular, we are talking about a simple and understandable interface for everyone, as well as an abundance of features and functions. This editor allows you to create high-quality text, diversify it, add pictures, format it and much more.

How to number pages in Word 2003

Since all users are different and preferences often do not coincide, it is quite normal that everyone uses the version of Word that is closer to them. Therefore, for maximum completeness of the picture, I will share information about page numbering in each version.

1. Word 2003 has a slightly different interface from new versions, so I will talk about it separately. So, on the toolbar there is an “Insert” tab, click on it, then in the context menu select the “Page Numbers” line.
2. Next, a new window will appear in which you can select the position (bottom or top) and alignment (right, left, center, inside and outside). In addition, at the very bottom you can click the “Format” button, and there you can select an alphabetic or numeric numbering format, as well as set the page from which it will be produced.

How to number pages in Word 2007 and higher

In versions of Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, the interface is identical, by the way, very convenient and thought out down to the details. To set the numbering, do this: open the “Insert” section, there you will find the “Header and Footer” subcategory. The item on the far right is “Page number”; after clicking on it, a context menu will appear. It has the ability to adjust the location of numbering on the page, select the format of page numbers, and also delete page numbers. It is noteworthy that the “Page Number Format” item allows you to specify the page number from which the numbering will begin.

As you can see, there is absolutely nothing difficult about numbering pages in Word. The developers have designed everything in such a way that even the least experienced user can easily understand this function and the whole process will take him only a few minutes.

Video to help

We often work with texts in Microsoft Word. For better navigation in the document, you need to make page numbers. Not everyone knows how to number pages in Word, so let’s consider this issue.

How to make page numbers in Word 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016

To set page numbering in Word, open the “Insert” menu - “Page Number”.

Versions of Word 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 do this the same way.

Choose the numbering position: top or bottom of the page, and then the style: left, center, or right.

Word will automatically number the entire document.

Then double-click outside the header and footer area or click the "Close Header and Footer Window" button.

Removing a number from the first page of a document

If you don't want to put a number on the first page, then go to the "Insert" menu and select "Footer" - "Change Footer" or "Header" - "Change Header", depending on where you have the number .

The tab “Working with Headers and Footers” - “Design” will open. Click on “Special first page footer” in the options.

In the header and footer area, highlight and delete the page number. Click "Close Header and Footer Window" or ESC button.

How to put numbering not from the beginning of the document

To start numbering not from the first sheet of the document, you need to break it into sections, disconnect the connection between them and add numbers.

Go to the part of the document where you want to start numbering and insert a section break. To do this, on the “Page Layout” menu tab, select the “Breaks” - “Next Page” command.

Double-click on the top or bottom of the page where you need to put the numbers. The menu “Working with Headers and Footers” - “Design” will open. Click on “Same as in previous section” to remove the connection of the header and footer with the previous section of the document.

The header and footer are linked separately. If the numbering is at the top of the document, unlink the headers; if the numbers are at the bottom, unlink the footers.

Then set the numbering: “Insert” - “Page Number” and select the desired layout.

Go back to Page Number - Page Number Format.

In the next window, next to “start with”, write 1 so that the numbering starts from 1 and click “OK”. Otherwise, Word will accept the actual number.

How to start pagination with a number other than 1

In the “Page Number Format” window (picture above), you can set a different initial numbering.

Double-click in the header or footer area. The “Working with Headers and Footers” tab is activated. Go to the “Insert” - “Page Number” tab and select the appropriate style.

In the new window, in the “Page Numbering” section next to “start with”, write the number you need and click “OK”.