How To Add Page Numbers To Your Book
Efoghor Joseph
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Numbering a book can be a bit tedious if you do not know exactly how to do it the easy way. This is where a lot of newbie publishers encounter some challenges because what should otherwise be a simple task ends up taking a chunk of their time. If you want to know how to add page numbers to your book, pay attention to this video because the steps are presented in such a way for everyone to easily understand.
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Why Your Book Should Be Numbered
Not having page numbers in a book is akin to not numbering houses in a street and you are asked to try to locate a particular family within the shortest timeframe. Invariably, you may end up searching every house before locating the right one. So, here is the reason why you need to add page numbers to your book.
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-??Page numbers help readers to navigate your book with ease
-??It adds beauty to your work
-? It helps for better citation of your book
-??It enables you to print selected pages from the book
-??It also plays a great role in arranging the printed documents for binding.
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A Recap of the Video
This short video captures what you need to do to add page numbers to your book. To insert page numbers in your book or manuscript, follow the simple steps below and everything will be fine:
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1.?Go to the page where you want the numbering to start. For instance, the “Introduction” page. Place your cursor at the beginning of the page.
2.?Go to “Layout” and click on “Breaks” and then “Next Page”
3.?Return to the menu bar and click on “Insert” and then “Header and Footer” and click on Page Number. Select Bottom of page. Search for the type of page numbering style you desire and click to apply. Numbers will be applied to the entire book, starting from the pages you want to exclude.
4.?Return to the Header and Footer area and click on “Link to Previous”
5.?Go to the last page before the page where you want the numbering to start. Highlight the page number there and delete it. All numbers from that page and above would be deleted.
6.?Go to the number on the page you want the numbering to start from. Double-click the number and right-click it. Then click on “Format page numbers, and then “Start at.” Insert 1 in the box and click OK.
7.?Your Table of Contents will automatically show the page numbers too if you have formatted it very well. If you do not know how to create the table of contents, please watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZF6xX5D8tk
8.?Remember to go to the menu bar again and click on “References” and then “Update Table” to refresh your table of contents. Any new changes you have made to the book pages will now be reflected in your table of contents.
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