Inserting page numbers

Follow these steps to learn how to insert page numbers:

1. Open the document that you would like to add page numbers to.
2. Click on the Insert tab.
3. Choose the Page Number icon under the Header & Footer group (alternatively, double-click into the header or footer region to edit it, then select Page Number from the Header & Footer group):

4. Choose where you would like to insert the page number (top, bottom, or current position) and choose a style from the drop-down list that appears – the current position is the position of the mouse pointer when you clicked there. Page X of Y page format is the most popular! 

5. After inserting the page number in the footer, you will notice that the first page indicates page 0 of 7. Don't worry about this as it is assuming that the cover page in this document is not counted. We will fix this in the next section.
6. Formatting the header or footer is exactly the same as formatting text in a document.