Microsoft word question? I have word 2003. I want to put numbers on pages. but I want first few pages as i, ii

Try this (in Word XP (2002) at least):

1.At the top of the first page you want Arabic-numbered, click the Insert->Break menu item.
2.Insert a Next Page type section break.
3.Click the Insert->Page Numbers menu item.
4.In the Page Numbers dialog box, click the Format button.
5.If you don’t want the page numbers to be continuous between the two sections, set Page Numbering to start at number one. The radio button should switch to Start At.
6.Click OK.
7.Click OK again.
8.Go back to the first page of the document (now in the first section).
9.Repeat steps 3-4, but this time set the Number format to Roman Numerals.
10.Repeat steps 5-7. (Note: The actual insertion of page numbers in the page header or footer doesn't have to happen. Only the formatting selection is necessary. To avoid the insertion, click the Clear button instead of the OK in Step 7))

That should do it.

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You make the un-numbered pages a distinct section, then put headers and/or footers on the section after it, this way: 1. At the top of the first page you want numbered, click the Insert->Break menu item. 2. Insert a Next Page type section break. 3. Move the cursor down a few lines so it's in the new section you just created. 4. Click on the View->Headers and Footers menu item. You should now see and be able to edit the section's header. 5. One of the icons on the Headers toolbar that pops up, probably the fifth from the right, will say "Same as Previous" when you hover the cursor over it. Click it to disconnect the header from the previous one. 6. The one to its right will say "Switch between Header and Footer" Click it. 7. You're now in the footer. Repeat step 5. 8. A third icon, probably the one to the right of the Switch one, will say "Move to Previous" Click it. You've now moved to the footer of the first section. 9. If there's a page number in the header or footer for this section, delete it. 10. Close the toolbar. 11. Go into the second section. 12. Click on the Insert->Page Numbers menu item. 13. Click on the Format button. 14. Since you want the page numbering to start at one, click Start At. A 1 should show up in the list box adjacent to it. 15. Click OK. 16. Click OK to actually insert the page number. Hope that helps.

When you are editing the header and footer, there should be a tool bar there. One of the icon on the tool bar is "Insert Page number" and there is another icon "Page number format".

After you insert the page number onto the footer, on the page that you want to reset the page number (going from 1, 2, 3, and so on...). Now, select the page number on the footer and click on the Page number format icon.

Under page number, click on Start at : 1 and click on OK, this will reset the page number.