Fortunately you can use section breaks in your document to more easily control the page numbering. Our guide below will show you how to set this up so that you can take control of your page numbering.  

Start Word 2013 Page Numbering Later in the Document

The steps in this article will configure the page numbering in a document so that it starts on a page other than the first. For example, you might have a document that includes a title page and an outline, so you would be starting the page numbering on the third page, with page number 1. This is achieved by creating a new section, then adding the page numbering to that section.  

   

   

   

   

   

   

        You should now have a customized page numbering system for your document that starts at the page that you specified.   Is the header section of your document too big or too small? Learn how to adjust header size in Microsoft Word 2013 to take control over the amount of space that the header takes up in your doucment. After receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science he spent several years working in IT management for small businesses. However, he now works full time writing content online and creating websites. His main writing topics include iPhones, Microsoft Office, Google Apps, Android, and Photoshop, but he has also written about many other tech topics as well. Read his full bio here.

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