How to start numbering from 3rd page in MS Word 2007

Are you trying to submit your assignment before deadline? Has your report exceeded the maximum page limit? Do you want to save a few pages by not numbering your content page? Are you frustrated because the deadline is tomorrow and the page numbering is not coming right? If your answer is YES to any of these questions, I know how you feel.

Here's how to do it!

1. Place the cursor behind the 1st letter of the page you want to start your numbering from.
2. Go to Page Layout tab and click on Breaks
   
3. From the menu, select Next Page which is under Section Breaks

This will break the content and the report in to 2 separate sections. Now you can number these sections independently of each other. To start putting page numbers, follow these steps:

1. Place the cursor anywhere on the section you want to number. (say this is your 3rd page where you start off with your introduction)
2. Go to Insert tab
3. Click on Page Number menu and select a position for your page numbering

Once you do this, numbering will start from the 1st page itself. now you need to tell word that you want to number only the current section;

1. Place the cursor anywhere on the section you want to number. (say this is your 3rd page where you start off with your introduction)
2. Go to Insert tab
3. Click on Page Number and select Format Page Numbers...
   
4. In the Page Number Fortmat dialog box, set the Page Numbering to Start at: 1
   

Now you will see that there are no page numbers in your content pages, and numbers are starting from the body of the report.

Similarly if you have different sections in your report such as the preface, appendices, etc. all you need to do is make sure they are broken in to separate sections, before you put page numbering.