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Microsoft Word help with step-by-step on how to add or remove page numbers in a document. You can even add something more to each page number to make your word look better. The choices are endless!

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Insert Page Numbers
Edit Page Numbers
Remove Page Numbers

Edit Page Numbers

After you've inserted page numbers, Microsoft Word help you where you can change the font, size, color or even add text to it.

For example, "Page 1", where the word "page" has been added to the number.

If you want to change any of the settings of the page number, return to Insert ► Page Numbers to change a setting.

To edit page numbers, follow these steps:

1. In Print Layout View, double-click on any one of the grey page numbers.

You can also choose View ► Header and Footer from the menu bar.

This will open up the Header or Footer area with the page number, usually, in black, this way Microsoft Word help you in showing you the number like this.
   
Word Office Helper The page number is inside a frame.

Whatever you want to be on every page with that page number, you must add inside this frame (which works the same as a text box)!
   
2. Modify your page number as you want.
   
3. Click the Close button from the Header and Footer toolbar.

Remove Page Numbers

Microsoft Word help you to remove page numbers at any time you want. But remember, if you remove one of the page numbers, you remove all the page numbers from all the pages, including all sections.

  To remove page numbers from the document, follow these steps:

1. In Print Layout View, double-click on any one of the grey page numbers.

You can also choose View ► Header and Footer from the menu bar.

This will open up the Header or Footer area with the page number active where Microsoft Word help you with it.
   
2. Click once on the page number. You'll see a border around it.

Place the mouse pointer over that border and click once, you'll see that the page number is selected with the frame that it is in.
   
  Microsoft Word Help: page number example
   
  Click the Switch Between Header and Footer button, if necessary, to get to the footer, depending on where the page number is.

Microsoft Word Help: switch between header & footer button Switch between Header and Footer button
   
3. Press the Delete key.
   
4. Click the Close button from the Header and Footer toolbar.
 
See also... Insert Page Numbers
 
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