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Headers and footers often contain information such as page number, date, etc. You can enter this information in Write via fields. For more information, see Inserting other fields.

If you want to insert specific page numbers, you can do so very conveniently via the Page number button . To do so, place the cursor in the desired position in the header or footer and click directly on the Page number icon itself on the contextual ribbon tab Header and footer.

Alternatively, you will find the command Page number on the ribbon tab Insert | group Header and footer (this also allows page numbers to be inserted into normal text at any time).

By clicking on the Page number icon , page numbers are thus inserted directly as a field in the cursor's position without any other formatting.

You will also find additional formatting options for page numbers when you click on the small black arrow of the Page number icon .

In the menu that appears, you have the following options:

▪Header: Predefined page number formats that you can insert as a field in the header

▪Footer: same, for footers

▪Current position: same, but the selected format is inserted directly in the current position of the cursor. This can be the header or footer, but also any position in the text.

▪Insert page number: This option inserts a page number as a field in the current position of the text cursor and opens the dialog box Insert field at the same time. The list entry "Page number" for inserting and formatting this field is already preset here.

▪Page number format: This option opens the dialog box Page numbers (see next paragraph).

Controlling page numbering

Page numbering in every document starts with "1" by default. If necessary, you can also instruct Write to start page numbering on the first page with a different number.

To do so, click on the small arrow of the Page number icon and select Page number format in the dropdown menu. In the open dialog box Page numbers, change the setting Numbering from Increment to Value and enter the desired number next to it. If, for example, you type "42", the first page will have the page number 42.

Note: In order for the document to display the page numbering you have selected here, you must also have inserted a corresponding field for page numbers beforehand (for example, by clicking directly on the Page number icon as described above).

For more information on this dialog box, see Formatting page numbers.