Reference 10 steps to setting up page numbering in Word sections
6: Break the connection
As you just learned in the previous step, page numbering isn't autonomous in sections by default. You must break the connection between the two sections. To break the connection between the first and second sections, click Link To Previous on the Header And Footer toolbar. (If you closed the header in the last step, reopen it and Word will display the Header And Footer toolbar.) In Word 2007 and 2010, click the Design context tab | Link To Previous (in the Navigation group).
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8: Disable page numbering for the title page
Chapter 1 begins with the page number 1 -- that's good. But the first two pages of the document, the title page and table of contents page, still display page numbers 1 and 2, respectively. Fortunately, you can easily inhibit this legacy numbering as follows:
- Go to the first page and open the header (if necessary).
- Highlight the page number.
- Press Delete.