MS Word Page numbering for Reports

We all have faced problems while numbering the pages for reports where page numbers start from page 2 which is numbered as (i). Then we have pages numbered from main content with numbering as page (1) which is very difficult sometimes.

Images are related to Microsoft Word 2007.

Steps to follow:

1. Click on the Paragraph symbol. It can be found in the Home Tab. You will find section breaks that are already applied. Remove the section breaks by the simple cut(Backspace).

2. Add section breaks to one page before the Index and Introduction page. It can be found Page Layout Tab. 

 

3. Add page number after clicking on a page required section(in this case List of abbreviations page).

a) Click at image marked point(1)

b) Select the page number style from image marked point(2). It will get applied.

c) Select the page number from the page and format according to the need from image marked point(3) 

This applies the page numbers to the section and also adds default page number formats i.e.1,2,3... to other sections.

4. Go to each section and deselect "Link to previous".

5. Go to the last page of section 1st  and delete the page number manually.

This will remove page numbers from section 1.

6. Bingo, your required page format is ready. 

https://www.howtogeek.com/360709/how-to-work-with-page-numbers-in-microsoft-word/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDqPR98mIZM

Even after following these two links, you may face the problem that pages number occur in first pages(pages before index page)

To resolve this, 

Manually, delete page number in reverse order from the page before index page to the main page.

This should solve the problem.

Thanks