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If you already have headers and footers defined for your document, you can add a page number by simply editing the header or footer and then using one of the choices available by choosing the Insert tab of the ribbon, clicking the Page Number tool, and then choosing Current Position. The page number you choose is inserted at the location of your insertion point.
If the standard, run-of-the-mill page number does not fit your discriminating tastes, you may want to add page numbers to your headers or footers yourself. These types of page numbers can be rather fancy, if you like. For instance you may want a page number to say "Page 37" (special formatting with the word Page before the actual page number). To add page numbers in your headers and footers, follow these steps:
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2016-10-11 02:36:57
Corey
Every time I have to do an essay I deal with the nonsense of headers with page numbers I get one and then the other is deleted it's absolutely infuriating because it should be simple and in bold to do instead of spending an hour trying to get them both on the header.
2016-07-16 10:36:26
patty
I edit papers and have to change page numbering. This is so difficult to do in Word, especially with section breaks to make tables and figures fit, change for columns than back, etc. Each change makes changing page numbers. I also have to have the first pages in small Roman numerals.
Please don't tell me how easy it is to do, as it isn't.
2015-07-18 06:57:28
sarma
Amazing, how many small but useful tips I get here. I knew formatting page numbers in footers, but learnt the simple trick of double clicking to open the footer. It's so handy. Thanks
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