Microsoft Office Word 2007 Page Numbering with Arabic Numbers and Roman Numbers

For people who create documents using Microsoft Office Word 2007 and want to know on how to enter Roman numerals (i,ii,iii,..) as well as Arabic numerals (1,2,3,..) in the same document follow these steps.

1. At the top of the first page you want Arabic-numbers, click the Page Layout Ribbon è Breaks è Next Page menu item.
2. It will insert a new page in the middle.
3. Click the Page Numbers drop down menu on the Insert Ribbon.
4. In the Page Numbers drop down, click the Format Page Numbers button.
5. If you don’t want the page numbers to be continuous between the two sections, set Page Numbering to start at number one. The radio button should switch to Start At.
6. Click OK.

7. Go back to the first page of the document (now in the first section).
8. In the Page Numbers drop down, click the Format Page Numbers button. But this time set the Number format to Roman Numerals.
9. In the Page Numbers drop down, click the Format Page Numbers button.
10. If you don’t want the page numbers to be continuous between the two sections, set Page Numbering to start at number one. The radio button should switch to Start At.
11. Click OK.

36 thoughts on “Microsoft Office Word 2007 Page Numbering with Arabic Numbers and Roman Numbers

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