1. Open a word document, place the cursor in front of the page where you want to start page numbering, and place the cursor in front of the page.

2. Click the page layout in the menu bar above, select the separator, select the section break below, and then select Next.

You will see a blank page in front of the cursor.

4. Select Insert in the menu bar, select Title, and then select Edit Title.

5. Headers and footers will appear in the document. Select Go to Footer in the header and footer menu above, and the cursor will reach the footer.

6. When the cursor reaches the footer, click the link to the previous header. At this point, the text on the right side of the document header and footer (the same as the previous section) disappears.

7. Click the page number in the header and footer column of the menu bar, and then click Set Page Number Format to set the page number successfully.