How To Start Page Numbers On Page 2 Word Online

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Have you written a paper or worked on a document with multiple pages, an index, cover page, and everything in between? Doesn’t numbering these documents get frustrating? This tutorial aims at reducing that frustration. It takes you through how to start page numbers on page 2 Word online.

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How To Start Page Numbers On Page 2 Word Online

Case-1: On a PC

To start page numbers on page 2 Word online, follow the below steps.

1. Start by logging in to Word online and opening the document you want to work on.

How to start page numbers on page 2 word online?

2. Once you have the document open, you can go to Insert in the top ribbon of the document.

3. Under insert, you will see the Page Numbers menu.

4. Click on the Arrow to choose the position of the page numbers.

5. Once they are added to the document you are working on, a header and footer will be activated. The options menu will be on the right of the screen.

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6. Click on options for the dropdown menu

7. Here, you can choose the Different First Page option.

8. Doing this, the document’s page numbering will start on the second page.

To remove page numbering in Word Online, click on Option and select the Remove Page Numbers option.

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Case-2: On Android Device

On Android devices here is how you can start numbering pages from the second page of the document.

  1. Download the Word application for Android from the Play Store. Login to your account, and you will have all the documents created in Word online.
  2. Tap on the document you would like to add page numbers to
  3. Enable editing
  4. Go to the editing menu by selecting the pencil option
  5. Tap on home for more options
  6. Go to Insert
  7. Under Insert, tap on and select the page number
  8. You can choose the format and placement you want to use
  9. Tap on Options
  10. Here, you can select different first pages.

Your page numbering will start from the second page of the Word document in your chosen format.

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Case-3: On iOS

Here are the steps to include page numbers in an online Word document on iOS.

  1. Download the Word application for iOS from the store
  2. Log in using your Outlook account, and you will have all the documents created and saved using Word online.
  3. Open the document you would like to work on and then Enable editing
  4. Open the Editing menu