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Page numbers are a standard requirement in most academic assignments, including reports and essays.
Please note that you should always add page numbers before you add text to your header, as inserting page numbers will remove any text from the header section.
For illustrated written instructions, see the PDF link below.
Multiple types of page numbers, such as Roman Numerals and Arabic numerals, are often required in documents for graduate writing, such as theses and dissertations, or materials with indexes or appendixes.
Please note that you should always add page numbers before you add text to your header, as inserting page numbers will remove any text from the header section.
To add two different types of page numbers to a document, you’ll first need to insert section breaks, to allow each section of your document to be altered individually.
Once you’ve created separate sections, you can unlink them, so that changes made in one section won’t affect the other.
Now you can change the page numbers for each section individually, without your changes affecting the other section.
For illustrated written instructions, see the PDF link below.
Word can automatically create a table of contents for your document. To do this, you will need to have the titles, headings, and subheadings of your document sections marked with a Microsoft Word Style.
Once you have done this for all your headings and sub-headings, you’re ready to build a table of contents.
For illustrated written instructions, see the PDF link below.
If you do not have page numbers in your document but want a different header on the first page of your document, e.g. the title page:
Your first page header can now be modified without affecting the header in the rest of your document.
These instructions apply if you have page numbers in your footer instead of your header, or if you do not want page numbers in your document.
These instructions apply if you have a header of any kind, but may affect the placement of your page numbers.