Omitting page numbers in Microsoft Word. How do you omit the page number on the final page of a Word document I was asked this recently by someone who is using Lulu. Lulu had asked her to resubmit her book with a completely blank final page no page number, nothing. Finding the solution to this seemingly simple request proved to be frustrating. In fact, the solution is simple, but not entirely obvious. Omitting first page numbers. Business Productivity Blog Adoption and Training Professional documents using Microsoft Word 2010 Professional documents using Microsoft Word 2010. How To Show Header On Microsoft Word' title='How To Show Header On Microsoft Word' />Back to Free MS Office Tutorials Press CtrlF to search for a word. Microsoft Word Glossary. Creating Electronic Portfolios with Microsoft Word Excel StepbyStep Instructions 1 StepbyStep Creating Electronic Portfolios using Microsoft Word and. Word certainly makes it easy to omit the page number on the first page of a document. For example, to begin numbering a document on page 2 using Word 2. Click on the first page of your document and then click Insert Menu Page Numbers to display the Page Numbers dialog box. Select the positioning for your page numbers. Uncheck Show number on first page. If youd like to display 1 on page two that is, you want to start the actual page numbering count on the second page, click Format and set the value of the Start At box to 0. Heres how to do the same thing in Word 2. Click the Insert tab and in the Header Footer section click Page Number. Click Top of Page, Bottom of Page or Page Margins to select a location for the numbering and select a numbering format from the gallery. On the Design tab, check Different First Page. To start the page numbering count on the second page, on the Design tab click Page Number Format Page Numbers and set the Start At control to 0. An alternative method is to create a different first page headerfooter in your document simply use the Different first page option in the Page Setup dialog. In Word 2. 00. 3, its File Page Setup Layout tab Different first page in Word 2. Page Layout tab Page Setup Layout tab Different First page. Omitting last page numbers. Although things are not quite so obvious when you want to change the header or footer on the last page, its still easy to do and there are a number of ways to do it. The easiest methods involve creating the final page in a separate section. Method 1 De link the final section. If youre using Word 2. Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Insert Menu Break. In the Break dialog box, select Next Page in the Section break section and click OK. This will add a section break and a new page with the same page numbering format as the preceding pages. Double click in the Header or Footer. You should see the words Same as previous above the headerfooter. Click the Link to Previous button on the Header and Footer toolbar. The Same as previous message will vanish and you can now delete the contents of the HeaderFooter and doing so will affect only the last page. If youre using Word 2. Create your document as usual with page numbering in your header or footer. Go to the end of the last page containing text in your document. Click Page Layout Breaks and, under Section Breaks, click Next Page. Double click in the Header or Footer. Golden Keylogger 1.26. You should see the words Same as previous above the headerfooter. Click the Link to Previous button on the Header and Footer toolbar, then edit the page headerfooter as needed. Method 2 Use a different first page on the final section. In Word 2. 00. 3, follow steps 1 4 in the de linking instructions above to add a single page section at the end of your document. Then Click File Menu Page Setup Layout tab. Check the Different first page box. In the Apply To drop down box, select This section and click OK. If youre using Word 2. Click Page Layout and click the Page Setup button the arrow at the right of the Page Setup section. On the Layout tab in the Page Setup dialog box, click Different first page. Make sure This section is displayed in the Apply To box and click OK. Thats not so hard, and it should be apparent that you can use similar techniques to add multiple sections to a document, each with its own page numbering format.