Remove the page number from the first page

Sometimes in a document with numbered pages, you don't want the first page to have a page number. For example, a title page or a cover page usually has no page number.

Note If you add a predesigned cover page or title page to a numbered document from the gallery of designs, the cover or title page is added as page 1, and the second page is numbered as page 2.

Remove the page number from the first page

This procedure applies to a document that does not have a cover page inserted from the cover page gallery.

1. Click anywhere in the document.
2. On the Page Layout tab, click the Page Setup Dialog Box Launcher, and then click the Layout tab.

   

3. Under Headers and footers, select the Different first page check box, and then click OK.

   Note If you clear the Different first page check box, the first page number is displayed again.