Hello,

I have a Microsoft Word 2007 document which has a title and
table of contents on the first page and the various chapters on
the following pages. I have used an automatic TOC and then
clicked on the Insert tab and then Page Number -> Bottom of
Page to insert page numbers.

My problem is that I don't want the first page to be numbered
so that the second page starts with the number 1.

I have tried clicking Page Number -> Format Page Numbers...
to set the first page number at zero but then when I delete the
zero all page numbers are deleted by Word 2007 just as though
I had selected Page Number -> Remove Page Numbers.

How do I set up a document with no page number on the
page number on the first page and all subsequent pages
numbered sequentially starting from 1?

Thanks,

John Goche

In addition to setting 0 as the starting number, you have to enable 
"Different first page."

-- 
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"John Goche" <johngoche99@googlemail.com> wrote in message 
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>
> Hello,
>
> I have a Microsoft Word 2007 document which has a title and
> table of contents on the first page and the various chapters on
> the following pages. I have used an automatic TOC and then
> clicked on the Insert tab and then Page Number -> Bottom of
> Page to insert page numbers.
>
> My problem is that I don't want the first page to be numbered
> so that the second page starts with the number 1.
>
> I have tried clicking Page Number -> Format Page Numbers...
> to set the first page number at zero but then when I delete the
> zero all page numbers are deleted by Word 2007 just as though
> I had selected Page Number -> Remove Page Numbers.
>
> How do I set up a document with no page number on the
> page number on the first page and all subsequent pages
> numbered sequentially starting from 1?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Goche
>