[TrashMan]

How the f*** do you set up the numbering in Word 2007 so that it doesn't start from the first page?

I have a PDF to make, burn on a CD and hand over together with the paper, but I can't get the damn numbering to work! It's driving me insane!

[Jeff Vader]

Do you have the first page as a cover? 'Cause in that case I think the only option is to make Word feel itself stupid. Do the first page as a separate file. Then, just open the original one and add the page numbers.

[TrashMan]

Yeah, that's what I did... I have 4 pages that shouldn't be numbered and I put them in a separate file for printing. It's easy to combine then together after that.

But I also have to deliver the paper as a PDF document...which means I have to have 1 file... Oh boy....

[redsniper]

page break? section break?

[TrashMan]

I fiddled with the options for hours.. ..Page/section break does nothing really.

what I need is hte first 4 pages to not have any numbering and after that it goes normally...1,2,3,4,5,..etc..

[captain-custard]

dont use word ...........download pdf creator and use it to print page into a pdf from windows as a default printer,

[Jeff Vader]

... I think that won't solve the page number issue, since he has to first get them right before doing any pdfs.

Also, I prefer CutePDF Writer.

[Flaser]

I've been mainly using Word 2000, and some of Word XP.
Anyway.

Stuff like headears and page numbering go into page headers and foot. Go into -->View and you can select to edit it. Now comes the fun part.

You can have a different header and foot for each section. So insert a section break, and tadah, you can delete the page number (which also happens to be a field entry that you can manually add, instead the insert --> page number method).

Simplest way I can think of:
Add page numbering.
You should put the 'separate' pages onto the end of the file.

Simplest way to turn a word file into a pdf?
Use PDFCreator. It adds a virtual printer. You 'print' the file with it, and it makes a pdf file.
Insert a section break right before these pages.
Go to the first of these pages, go into page header/foot view (I use a Hungarian version of Word most of the time so I don't know its proper name). Select the page number - delete it.

[colecampbell666]

I've been mainly using Word 2000, and some of Word XP.
Anyway.

Stuff like headears and page numbering go into page headers and foot. Go into -->View and you can select to edit it. Now comes the fun part.

He's using Word 2007 so he doesn't have "menus" like any sane program would. He has to contend with tabs, which I myself find easier to navigate, but they require you to reacquaint yourself with the new system.

[TrashMan]

I managed to figure it out...They sure as hell didn't make it simple tough...

[Stealth]

so tell us how

[blackhole]

...Is it really that difficult to figure out?

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[BlackDove]

LULZ.