With "Word" we encounter almost every day. He helps us in work (print a contract, write a letter), in study (write a term paper or essay) and in everyday life. We often use it to write notes or read a book.
If, in the case of notes , pagination does not matter, then in other circumstances it makes our work easier and helps us navigate the contents of the document.
Procedure
Pagination in Word is very simple, you just have to stick to a certain algorithm. Let us consider in more detail the sequence of actions when creating numbering.
1. In order for page numbering to appear in your file, you must click on the "Insert" tab and select "Page Number" in the menu that appears.
2. After that, in the drop-down window we will need to choose the location of the future numbering: at the top, bottom or in the margins of the page, as well as in the center or along the edges.
3. After we select one of the presented options by clicking the left mouse button, we will have the numbering.
Numbering Format
In addition to the numbering on the page, Word provides the ability to select the desired numbering format. In order to get to the menu with the ability to format page numbers, you need to open the "Insert" tab, click on the "Page Number" button and in the drop-down menu click on the line "Page Number Format ..."
The window that appears will prompt you to select the number format: these can be either numbers or Latin capital or capital letters. In addition, in the lower part of the window it will be possible to choose which page to start numbering from (1st, 3rd or any other).
Special page number
There are times when for page numbering in Word there is no need to use numbers sequentially. For example, for term papers, as a rule, it is required not to indicate the page number on the title page. Also, in some cases, you may need different numbers for even and odd pages.
In order to assign an individual number to the first page in a document or remove it altogether, you need to number the entire file, and then double-click the page number with the left mouse button. The Constructor tab will immediately appear on top, the text of the document will turn gray, and we will have the opportunity to work with the so-called footers.
In order to change the numbering of the first sheet in the document, click on the line “Special footer for the first page”. Immediately after this action, the page number on the first sheet will disappear. If you do not need it, then double-click on the main text, and the tab "Designer" will disappear. If you need an individual number for the first sheet - write the desired number manually.
Page numbering
Sometimes pagination should not even begin on the second sheet, but on the third or fourth. This numbering is usually used when booklet binding. How to paginate in this case? For example, we will number from the 4th page.
The essence of the process is to exclude the first, in our case 3 pages, from the continuous numbering, and already number the rest to the end of the document. Consider the process in more detail.
- First, we need to position the mouse cursor after the last row at the bottom of the first sheet.
- After that, select the "Page Layout" tab, then "Breaks" and in the pop-up window click on the item "Next Page". This will allow us to start a new section from a new page.
The same steps must be performed for the second and third pages of our document.
- If the actions are performed correctly, then at the bottom of the page should appear the characters "Section Break", which will not be printed. They can be seen, there is a display of formatting characters. You can do this by pressing the ¶ button in the "Home" tab.
Do not worry if you do not see it completely, this happens when the gap is too low.
- After all of our first 3 pages belong to separate sections, you can start pagination. Click on the "Insert" tab and select the "Page Numbers" button, arrange the numbers wherever convenient for you.
- Since in this case the numbering starts from the fourth page, we use the button "Format of page numbers" and set "Start from 4".
- Now we need to remove the numbers from the first three pages, for this we click on the number on the first page and after the "Designer" tab appears, put a check mark next to the line "Special footer for the first page". After these steps, the number on the first page will disappear.
- It remains to do the same with the other two pages and save the changes to the document.
Numbering Removal
If for some reason you no longer need the numbering, or you are confused and want to start over, then you can remove the page numbering in Word. How to do it? To do this, you just need to go to the "Insert" tab, click on the "Page Number" button, and then click "Delete Page Numbers" in the pop-up menu. As a result of these actions, all numbers on the page will be deleted.