How to Start Page Numbering from 3rd Page in MS Word?

How to Start Page Numbering from 3rd  Page in MS Word?

1. First of all lets have a document with some pages - let's say (5/10/or any) pages.

2. Place insertion point at the end of two page or beginning of Third page.

3. From page layout tab in page setup group, click the break button and choose 'continuous'

4. Now your document is divided into two section. These two sections are separated by the section break marks you just inserted in the cursor position.

5. Now, lets insert page number. For this choose insert Page Number bottom of page (or your desired position) plain Number 2 (or your preferred number style).

[Now, It will page number will be applied to all the pages from first to last. Now you need to remove page numbers from first to Second page and start counting from third.]

6. Turn off the link to previous button in Navigation Group of Design tab.

7. Now scroll up to second page and delete page number there.

8. Scroll down to the second section footer and go to page number format.

9. Mark the 'Start at' radio button and click OK.

Finally click on close button to close Header & Footer and return to normal document view.