Do one of the following:
Number pages consecutively for the entire master document
- On the View menu, click Print Layout.
- On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
- In the Position box, specify whether to print page numbers in the header at the top of the page or in the footer at the bottom of the page.
- In the Alignment box, specify whether to align page numbers left, center, or right relative to the left and right margins (margin: The blank space outside the printing area on a page.), or inside or outside relative to the page edges that will be bound.
- If you don't want a number on the first page, clear the Show number on first page check box.
- Select any other options you want.
Restart page numbers at the beginning of each subdocument
- Open the first subdocument in the master document (master document: A "container" for a set of separate files (or subdocuments). You can use a master document to set up and manage a multipart document, such as a book with several chapters.).
- On the View menu, click Print Layout.
- On the Insert menu, click Page Numbers.
- In the Position box, specify whether to print page numbers in the header at the top of the page or in the footer at the bottom of the page.
- In the Alignment box, specify whether to align page numbers left, center, or right relative to the left and right margins (margin: The blank space outside the printing area on a page.), or inside or outside relative to the page edges that will be bound.
- If you don't want a number on the first page, clear the Show number on first page check box.
- Click Format.
- In the Start at box, type 1.
- To close the subdocument and return to the master document, click Close on the File menu.
- Repeat steps 2 through 9 for each subdocument in the master document.