My document has a cover and a table of contents. I want page numbering with one to start on the third page. I did do the page break for the cover and the contents and was able to start the document on page three with the correct number. I don't want any number of the first break or the second but I don't seem to have that option. If I erase the number, the numbers on the entire document delete. The only thing I have been able to do is place i on the first page and ii on the second. Is there a way to have no numbering in section break one and section break two without change the numbering in section break three? Thanks

There are two ways to do this. The first way SOMETIMES works. If you don't have luck, try the second method.

Method 1:

• Delete the page break between the end of page 2 and page 3
• Position your cursor at the start of page 3.
• Click on Insert / Break / Next page
• Select all the text form page 3 to the end of the document.
• Click on Insert / Page numbers. UNCHECK "show number on first page"
• Click on <Format>. Make sure "Start at" is selected and the value is "1". Select <OK>
• Select <OK>

• Add a "next page" section break as you did above.
• Click on View / Header and Footer
• On the Header and Footer toolbar, Click on the icon for "switch between header and footer"
• page down to page 3. Click on the "link to previous" icon on the header and footer toolbar
• Click on Insert / Page numbers. UNCHECK "show number on first page"
• Click on <Format>. Make sure "Start at" is selected and the value is "1".

Make sure you are using "New pages section breaks" and not just "page breaks".
Within each section you can define the numbering options as follows:
- no numbering;
- all pages numbered;
- all pages numbered except the first page;
- first page numbered but not the other pages.

For your purpose, you need two new page section breaks to create 3 different sections (to create these, go to Page Layout/Layout/ Breaks and click New Page under Section Break).
The first and second sections should have no page numbering; the third section will have page numbering on all its pages (go to Insert / Page Number and choose the position of the page numbers; then, stiil in the page numbers menu, go to Format Page Numbers and type "3" in "Sart in:..." textbox .
If you still have problems check if the header of each section is linked (is set to be equal) to the previous section. If in the bottom of the header (if the page numbers are in the header) or the top of the footer (if the pages number apperars here) thre is a message saying "linked to the previous section", you must unlink it, by clicking on the link to previous botton in the Navigation section of the Ribbon