How To Add Page Numbers In Word Online

How do you add page numbers in Word online? Let’s find out in this tutorial. You can then choose from the various placement options available. The page numbers will be added to the entire document with just one click. To insert page numbers in a document, you first need to open it. This can be done on a new document or an existing one. Check the editing options at the top left if the document is shared. You need permission to edit to make changes.

How to add page numbers in Word online

Let us discuss individually how to do this task on a PC, Mac OS, or Android device.

Case-1: On PC

To add page numbers in Word online, follow the below steps

1. Open the document you would like to edit
2. Click on the Insert tab
3. From the menu below, click on the Page Numbers option
4. Once you select Page Number, you will get a dropdown menu with placement options, as shown in the screenshot below.

The page numbers dropdown menu allows you to add numbers to either the header or the footer of the Word document you are working on. You can customize the page numbers to be placed on the left, right, or center of the header or footer.

Page numbers on Word documents can be added in two formats

1. Only page numbers 1- XX, depending on the number of pages in your document or
2. page numbers along with the total number of pages in the document. This is in the x out of xx format.

The second format is particularly helpful when you need to cross-reference text or when it is important to know the total number of pages in the document.

How to add page count to a Word online document?

Here is how to find the total number of pages in the document, including page count.

Select Insert > in the dropdown menu, look for Page numbers > select the formatting option, and then tick the Include Page Count

Once Include Page Count is selected, the total number of pages will be displayed on every page of the document.

Case-2 on Mac OS

Follow these simple steps to add page numbers to your Word documents on Mac OS

1. Open the document where you need the page numbers. This can be an existing document or a new blank document.
2. Click on the Insert tab
3. Once in the Insert tab, click on the Page Number icon
4. Now click Page Number
5. You can choose from the various styling options by selecting Format.  This is used to change the placement of the number and basic formatting.
6. Select OK once you are done to close the popup box and to review the changes on your document.

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Case-3: On an Android phone

• To insert page numbers in Word documents on an Android phone, first open the Word app. If you do not have the app, you can use Word online on the browser. you could alternatively open the document from one drive on the phone or log in from the browser.
• once you have the document open, click the editing pencil icon on the top of the screen
• Clicking the edit option will open a menu at the bottom

• On the left, click on the arrows and select Insert
• once you click on Insert, you will see the Page Number option. Click on the arrow. Check out the screenshot below.

• Formatting options will become available once you click Page Numbers
• Here, you can choose the placement of the number. You can either place it at the bottom or the top of the page. It can go either on the Right, the Left or the Centre.
• This section offers the page count option. This formatting option is useful when you have multiple documents and need to keep track of their contents.
• Once you select the desired format, click on the tick that will appear in the top left corner. This will ensure that the changes are saved to the document.

FAQs

What if the Page number option is not available?

It may sometimes happen that the Page Number option is not available. in such cases, click on Header & Footer. Once in the Header & Footer menu, you can easily select Page Number.

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