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Page Numbers in Word 2003

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Create a Header or Footer
Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.

Microsoft product screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.

Place your cursor on the first page of your text, or the page where you want your page numbers to begin. Go to View and select Header and Footer. A box will appear at the top and the bottom of your page.

If you want your page numbers to appear at the top, place your cursor in the Header. If you want your page numbers to appear on the bottom of each page, go to the Footer and place your cursor there.

Select the icon for Insert Page Numbers. In the photo above this icon appears to the right of the words "Insert Auto Text." You aren't finished! See the next step below.

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