#Format page numbering in word 2016 how to

From the Current Position sub menu, select Plain Number (see below image).

On the Insert tab, within the group Header & Footer,В click the Page Number drop-down and then pointВ to Current Position.

Now, we are going to insert page number in the footer.

Place cursor at the Footer section of the third page (where you are going to insert page number).

Right-click at the bottom of the document and then click Edit Footer.

To enable the Footer section of the document With a Section break, Word divides the document into two logical sections. If you are unable to view the Section Break, click Ctrl+Shift+8. Word inserts a Section Break at the end of the third page.

From the list, select option Next PageВ availableВ under Section Breaks.

From the Ribbon, under theВ tab Page Layout, within the group Page Setup, click Breaks.

Place mouse cursor at the bottom of the third page of the document.

The first section will consist of the first three pages of the document.

#Format page numbering in word 2016 how to

The following procedure shows how to insert Roman numerals on the Footer section of the first three pages of a document and then integers for the rest of the document.ДЇirstly, will divide the document into two sections by applying a Section Break. Each document section can have unique page number format.

To achieve such page numbering style in MS Word, we need toВ use Section Breaks. or A, B, C,вЂ¦.etc.) in different sections of aВ document? Many writers follow this convention of using Roman numerals in the initial few pages and continue withВ integer numbers for the rest of the pages of the document. What if you need to use different page number formats (1, 2,вЂ¦.or I, II, вЂ¦.