Follow these steps to learn how to insert page numbers:
- Open the document that you would like to add page numbers to.
- Click on the Insert tab.
- Choose the Page Number icon underthe Header & Footer group(alternatively, double-click into the header or footer region to editit, then select Page Number from theHeader & Footer group):
- Choose where you would like to insert the page number (top, bottom,or current position) and choose a style from the drop-down list thatappears – the current position is the position of the mousepointer when you clicked there. Page X of Y page format is the mostpopular!
- After inserting the page number in the footer, you will notice thatthe first page indicates page 0 of 7. Don’t worry about this as it isassuming that the cover page in this document is not counted. We willfix this in the next section.
- Formatting the header or footer is exactly the same as formattingtext in a document.