How can I get my page numbers right in Microsoft Word?

For some reason page one registers as page two, both at the bottom and at the page number in my header. How can I fix this?





Page 2 also registers as page two, and I have tried copying and pasting into a new document.





This is important because I need to have this right because my professer wants us to have the page number in the heading.How can I get my page numbers right in Microsoft Word?
How are you inserting the page number? In your document, on page 1 at the top of the page, you click on View, then Headers %26amp; Footers. When the drop-down box opens, on the far left is page number, the little square with the upper left corner turned down and a # in the center. Next to it is the tab for number of pages, as in page 1 of 3, if you have to use that. If you are using the Insert tab and forcibly inserting page numbers, you are defeating the purpose of the Header.





Yes, Word can be difficult at times, especially if you are working with headers and footers. In most high school and college themes and theses, you don't use footers unless you have footnotes or endnotes.





You need to get your typed text completely away from the current document and start over, if you have used both of the methods above. That's difficult to do, because if you highlight, copy and paste into another document, you drag all the other stuff with you. But you need to start with a new document then use the Header tab only for your name, page number, document identifier, etc.





One of the ways you can do this is highlight, cut and paste the typed text into Notepad as text. Since Notepad does not use headers, it will eliminate that problem. Delete the documents you have started in Word, and open a clean, new document. Then transfer your typed text back to the new document and use the Header feature only for the header text.





Good luck!How can I get my page numbers right in Microsoft Word?
Somewhere you have a ';break'; of some kind buried in the document which is messing up the numbering. Finding that break can be difficult. So instead, create your own break so you can control the numbers.





Place a section break before the page that is misnumbered. Then go into the header and the footer and manually set that section break to begin with the number you need the page to be. All pages after that (to the next section break) so then be numbered accosrdingly.
isnt word so aggravating at times? your fonts may need shrinking in order for the number to fit on that page. but. just in case. go to this website. they deal with word issues all the time.


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