Set your document's page numbering to start on the second page, and choose another starting page number.

On the Insert tab, select Page Number, and then choose the location and style you want. If you don't want a page number to appear on the first page, select Different First Page. If you want numbering to …

If you don't want a page number to appear on the first page, clear Show number on first page. To choose a format or to control the starting number, go to Page Number > Format Page Numbers.

To show the document title, author's name, or some other text with the page number, or to hide the page number on the first page, start by using Insert > Header & Footer instead of Insert > Page Numbers. …

Change the header or footer on the first page, or any other page in the document.

On the Insert tab, select the Page Number icon, and then click Remove Page Numbers. If the Remove Page Numbers button isn't available, double-click in the header or footer, select the page number, …

In the Field names list, select Page, and then select OK. Go to Header & Footer > Page Number > Format Page Numbers, select the format you want, and then select OK.

You can add or remove consecutive page numbers for an entire publication by working from a master page. If you have multiple master pages in your publication, you need to repeat these steps for every …

Double-click the header or footer on the first page of the new section. Select Link to Previous to turn it off and unlink the header or footer from the previous section.

Insert a manual page break anytime you want to start a new page in your document. You can't remove the page breaks that Word automatically inserts, but you can remove manual page breaks from your …