Inserting Page Numbers in Footers

You can easily insert a page number field in the footer of your document. You can also add a page count to the footer, for example, in the form "Page 9 of 12"

To Insert a Page Number

1. Choose Insert - Header and Footer - Footer and select the page style that you want to add the footer to.

2. Choose Insert - Field - Page Number.

If you want, you can align the page number field as you would text.

To Additionally Add a Page Count

1. Click in front of the page number field, type Page followed by a space, click after the field, enter a space and then type of and enter another space.

2. Choose Insert - Field - Page Count.

Related Topics

• About Headers and Footers
• Alternating Page Styles on Odd and Even Pages
• Creating a Page Style Based on the Current Page
• Inserting a Chapter Name and Number in a Header or a Footer
• Formatting Headers or Footers