You can see the different formats of page numbers are inserted into the page ranges. Put the cursor at the start of the second section, and click Insert > Page Number, specify another format you need from the drop-down list. Put the cursor at the top area of the first page, and click Insert > Page Number, specify a format you need from the drop-down list, and the page number is inserted. Double click at the top area of the second range to show the Header and Footer, then click Design and uncheck Link to Previous. Repeat step 1 to insert section breaks into the end of each range, here, I just divide the whole document into two ranges. Put the cursor at the end of the first range and click Page Layout > Breaks > Next page. If you want to add different formats of page numbers in different page ranges of a documents, do as follows:įirst, divide the document into page ranges by using section break. Tip: If you want to add page numbers to -3 and -8, just need to insert three section breaks to divide the document into four sections (, -3, -5 and -8) then uncheck Link to Previous in Section 2 and Section 4) Click the More> button, then select the relevant list level. Now the page numbers are only inserted into and : Click one of your headings, then go back to the Home Ribbon, and in the Paragraph Group click the Multilevel List icon (see screen shot above) and select Define New Multilevel List. Double click the contents of the document or click Design > Close Header and Footer to close the Header. You can also double-click the top or the bottom of any page in the Word document to go into Header & Footer editing mode. You can also adjust the formatting of the page numbers by going to Insert > Page Number and click on Format Page Numbers. Here is the example of clicking Top of Page > Plain Number 1. Scroll to the Page X of Y section and choose a format. Select a type of page number from Top of Page and Button of Page section under Page Number drop-down menu. Go back and click on the top of the and click Insert > Page Number. Step 4.Double click at the top area of to activate the Header and then click Design and uncheck Link to Previous. You can see the document has been divided into three sections (Section 1- Section 2-3 Section 3 – -5 Now you can begin to add page numbers to page 2 and page 3. Click Home > Show/Hide Editing Marks to show the section breaks in document. Put the cursor at the end of the third page, and click Page Layout > Breaks > Next page. Put the cursor at the end of the first page, then click Page Layout > Breaks > Next page.
The header distance should be 0.5".For example, there are five pages existing in your Word document, and you just want the page number to show on the page 2 and page 3, you can do as follows.įirstly, you need to insert section breaks to divide the whole document into three sections. Set the Footer measurement to 1' from the edge of the paper. Also, check the Header From Top position in the Design menu. On the Page Layout tab, click the tiny arrow (the dialog launcher) in the bottom right corner of the Page Setup group.
They should be 12 pt Arial or Times New Roman. Check the font size and style of your headers.
The subsequent pages of your paper will have only the abbreviated title and the page number in the header, while the cover page will now have the Running Head and no page number.ġ0. The paper title should be typed in ALL CAPS. This will appear at the left side of the header. This allows you to have a different header.ĩ. You will now see a blank header on your cover page. While still keeping your cursor in the header area, click the Design menu.Ĩ. The page number should remain on the right.ħ.
Press the tab key twice to move the abbreviated title to the left. Place your cursor right in front of the page number in your header and type the abbreviated title of your paper in ALL CAPS just in front of the page number.Ħ. The page number will now show up in the document header.ĥ. Choose Plain Number 3 from the list of options. To create a running head and number your pages in Microsoft Word, follow these steps:ġ.