How to Start Page Numbering Mid Document in MS Word

1. Launch Microsoft Word and open the document you would like to insert page numbers for.
2. Navigate to the page where you want your page numbers to start.
3. Go to 'View', 'Header and Footer' (Microsoft Word XP and prior) or double-click in the header or footer area (Microsoft Word 2007) if you want your page numbers to appear in the header or footer. Otherwise, put your cursor where you would like the page numbers to appear.
4. Click 'Insert', 'Page #s' (Word XP and prior) or click 'Page Number', 'Current Position' (Word 2007). A page number should be inserted automatically in the spot where you placed your cursor.
5. Click 'View', 'Insert', 'Page Numbers', 'Format' (Word XP and prior) or click 'Page Number', 'Format Page Numbers...' (Word 2007). Under the page numbering section, fill in the number you want your current page to be (i.e. page five) in the 'Start At' box and click 'OK.'