Word - Page Numbering There are two basic page-numbering schemes - simple, and not-so-simple. We'll look at the simple one today. The sample doc is at wdsample05.doc Right off, we can see a problem with page numbering. The first entry in the TOC goes to page 6. The document is currently invisibly numbered from the title page right through to the end. The two section breaks start at odd-numbered pages, which is proper and fitting. But we have to do something about the within-section numbering, so the TOC will start at page 1. We don't want page numbering on the Title page, or on the back side of the Title page, so it makes sense to start the page numbering with the section section, the one holding the TOC. First, click to the right of the TOC to drop the cursor into the section. To get a page number to work with, go to menu: Insert > Page Numbers.... In the Page Numbers dialog, Position: bottom of page (footer) is all right. Change Alignment to Center. And keep the checkmark for Show on first page. Click the Format... button so we can adjust the page number properties. Since this is the TOC "front matter" section of the document, change the Number format to i, ii, iii. At the bottom of the dialog, click on the Start at... button, making the starting number i. Click OK, and OK again to return to the document. MS Word obligingly changes the view to Print Layout so we can check our handiwork. The TOC page is numbered i, and the next page is ii, and then comes the next section with a big number 3. We want 1, not 3. Click in the Introduction heading, go to menu: Insert > Page Numbers.... and set the numbering for this section almost like the previous one. Set the Number format to 1, 2, 3, and click on the Start at.... button to restart numbering for this section at 1. Click OK. Scroll down to look at the page number. It's 2! What's going on? Shift to Normal View. Now we see the problem. There's a paragraph marker just above the Introduction heading. That creates a page between the section marker, and Introduction. Since the Heading 1 style has "page break before" set into it, we get the section break, a Body Text blank paragraph, another page break, and Introduction. To delete the blank paragraph, click your cursor to the left of the empty paragraph and press Delete. Now shift to Print Layout view. Aha! Introduction now starts on page 1. Not only that, but the TOC has automatically updated to show the new numbering scheme. Every Heading 1 (TOC1) entry starts on a new page. Perfect! Except for the page numbers still showing on the Title page.... Getting rid of the page number on the Title page is part of the next topic - Headers and Footers. The updated sample doc is at wdsample06.doc