Google Docs - Control Page Numbering by Sections

[@maggietodd66]

For everyone who came to this video and was frustrated that rather than wanting the second page to have a two and then the third to start at one, you wanted the document to start page 1 labeled on page 3, and have no numbers on the first two pages, here is how to do it. 1. Follow this tutorial EXACTLY until 3:06. (For inserting the page break, do as he says and place your cursor under all content on page 2 and insert from there. The page break blue line should appear right under the content of page 2.) 2. After he mentions that now page 2 has a two and then the numbers have restarted at 1 on the third page, stop the video. 3. At this point, you should have a document with page 1 that does not have a page number, page 2 with a 2, and page 3 beginning with 1. 4. Now go to page 2 that has a 2, and highlight the 2 within the header. Change the color to white. This makes the 2 vanish. 5. You now have a document with the first two pages having no numbers, and page 3 beginning with 1. Let me know if this makes sense or needs clarification:)

[@walkingonsunshine1013]

You were right, I was SUPER frustrated! But this gave me exactly what I wanted, I would have never thought to make the first 2 white. Thank you!

[@Nidhi_Khanapur]

Thanks a lot!

[@whiskey3359]

Or you can just click on the remove footer on the first two pages that you don't want

[@yuiern3055]

Thank you so much! You're a lifesaver

[@fatimazahrah3995]

Thank you!! Did the job really well!

[@sierrabenson3959]

Thank you! Spent a heck of a lot of time trying to figure it out on my own

[@thee_ging5315]

For anyone still having trouble the "Section Break (Continuous)" does not work as stated in the video, you MUST use the "Section Break (Next Page)". This video is the only one that I could find that actually explains how to number pages properly.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Thanks for the heads up. I was surprised how tricky this was to get to work. Hopefully what I said won't throw too many people off.

[@ksw.__.08]

@@ProlificOaktree section break (next page) doesn't work for me only Section Break (Continuous) does//gives me the blue line

[@missoo7128]

Thank you,this is the best google docs page numbering tutorial

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad you think so!

[@livicote1218]

unchecking "link to previous" was key for me!!! Thank you king!!!

[@StacyPersonallySpeaking]

I have to publicly thank you for this. Needing to insert Roman numerals separately from the body of my dissertation was a nightmare. Your suggestion however worked and I am so grateful! God bless you for sharing. :). Chromebooks have honestly been quite a pain moving from Microsoft. But with awesome people like you the journey is made easier.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Thank you! I really like to hear that these videos are helping people out.

[@andrew42083]

This video works!!! Just follow the directions and you'll be all set.

[@AshleenWoods]

OMG thank you so much for this! I am making a cookbook for a friend, and I didn't want the book covers to have page numbers. Thank you for this tutorial!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it was helpful! Hope make some good eats!

[@DABUNGINATOR]

Tried doing that but Google Docs still decided to put numbers on pages I didn't want it to. I wish there were an easier solution than this automated confusion.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Yeah, agreed. It's not clear how it works.

[@Elliria_home]

Thank you for another very useful video. You did a great job demonstrating this and it looks to me like it's actually simpler and more straight-forward than the method used in Excel. It's going to be interesting to see if Excel honors the numbering that's been set up in a Google Doc (will check later on the work machine that's currently collecting dust). If so, I may start using a Google Doc as my starter document whenever I need an intricate page-numbering system.

[@mai3.p]

Thanks a lot! I desperately needed this for my dissertation, and Google Docs has terrible UX.

[@just_a_dump]

I spent a lot of time, seeking for this video

[@North_Nate]

I love you so much, I was stuck on this issue for a solid 15 minutes. Your work around helped me immediately.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Great to hear!

[@tiktik1516]

Google : I know this is big bit of complex to add a page number to current page! Me: silly things . Right?

[@Doublehelix_]

this was very helpful thankyou so much!!!!

[@shira_jelly]

I officially love you, thank you so much for saving me

[@sesh1005]

What do I do if I want my 5th page to be the first? How do i delete all the numbers from the first section?

[@kiannyan]

tysm!! i spent a few hours searching how to do this

[@Mr_KayZ]

I just want to say you are the saviour of my assignment! Thank you!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Happy to help!

[@dylansburrow]

It worked wonders!!! Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge! Literally saved me from a big headache!! Cheers!!

[@ProlificOaktree]

You're welcome!

[@sonia972]

thank you so much, sir! you saved my whole year :)

[@stapley819]

Thanks for the easy tutorial!!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad you liked it

[@FrenchComprehensibleInput]

Worked for me cheers! :-D

[@ProlificOaktree]

Nice!

[@anna_gerner]

Thank you, it was very helpful!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chelseastepowski3567]

Thankyou so much! I have been trying to figure this our for hours!

[@jayvonbutler9307]

Thank you so much, this video was so helpful for my assignment.

[@Saggezzasaphira]

This was a real solution, thank you so much.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Thanks, goal achieved!

[@ihsanfajari]

Thanks, its simple and helpful!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it helped!

[@isalovez]

wahhh thank you i needed this for our school

[@ProlificOaktree]

wahhh you're welcome

[@sitinoratikatoha2804]

Your youtube video really helps me. Thanks!

[@aneetabenny8745]

Thank you so much, it helps❤

[@coledesantis1406]

Hey, so I've been trying to do this, but I've been having a problem: I click section break, try to get the page numbers on page 7, and it does it, it labels page 7 "1," page 8 "2," and so on. Yet, it labels pages 1-6 with numbers too, and whenever I try to delete the previous page numbers, it makes thenoage numbers go away for ALL the pages, even the ones I want to label. What do I do?

[@oldjack-mi8gk]

Exact same problem. Super frustrated. It's not only numbering the main body of my document (correctly) but numbering the titles page, abstract, contents, etc. which aren't supposed to have page number. When I delete those all the numbers in the body are deleted, too.

[@advicepenguin2466]

@@oldjack-mi8gk did you find a solution?

[@coledesantis1406]

@@advicepenguin2466 unfortunately no

[@serene1486]

Thank You !!! This Helps a Lot!!!

[@jeriQ13]

Thank You for this!

[@ProlificOaktree]

My pleasure!

[@SyahDzul7979]

Thank youuu, sir! This was very helpful👍🏻 very well explained and easy to understand

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it was helpful!

[@emshivanthi]

Thank you so much !this video was so helpful

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it helped!

[@aceroyplatadeluna]

this is helpful, but unfortunately the functionality is super inconsistent. When applying to 'this section only', it behaves the same as 'this section foward', meaning that the sections after* the one you want are also numbered. And you can't delete those, because then all of them are deleted. Why this is a problem in 2021 I have no idea. Thanks for being a part of the dialogue :)

[@angelesverduzco9874]

I am also having this problem and am unsure on how to fix it.

[@nielruaro1356]

I LOVE YOU FOR THIS!!!!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Love you too Niel!

[@lawrencechong4576]

This video is so useful! Thank you so much!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it was helpful!

[@nurhasniza1397]

Thank youuuu so muchhhh. Your tutorial video really help me 😭

[@surajkatiyar861]

Thank You. It helped a lot.

[@scottmcgregor7327]

This was the most straight-forward explanation online. Thanks a lot, Boss!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Like a baws!

[@wasshh1]

Wow, that was so useful. Took me long enough!

[@ramseyali8779]

This was very helpful! Thanks a lot!

[@beautifulcreature7307]

Thank You so much, i spent the last week trying to figure this out for my midterm!!!!!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Yeah, it's confusing.

[@nolanhembree5565]

Thank you very much for the tutorial.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it was helpful!

[@itsactuallymi]

thank you sir for the clear instruction

[@ThatKeB]

Well explained and super helpful

[@kingyoutube156]

Thank you, worked a treat!

[@danieloconnell3858]

super helpful! Thanks!

[@aradhyagoel2544]

Thank you so much, you just solved my problem.

[@ancient_living]

Could you tell how to make a roman page numbers to specific sections

[@ProlificOaktree]

I don't think you can.

[@StacyPersonallySpeaking]

@@ProlificOaktree You can actually! With your brilliant section break ideas and idea from another video, I was able to break the first 4 pages of my dissertation (one page at a time) and use the insert special character to insert Roman numerals. After doing that, I was able to have regular numbering for the rest of my project. ***I think typing in the Roman numbers (manually) after making each section can also work***

[@mitulgautam]

Thanks very helpful.

[@justearl9330]

Thank you very much. Life saver.

[@LuthandoMaqondo]

Very helpful video.

[@j-bonkers1887]

Big help thank you

[@puteribalqis3133]

direct & helpful, thanks!

[@altheacasalmer3905]

Thank you so much!

[@ProlificOaktree]

YW!

[@qbl4578]

thank you very much, it helps for my report

[@woofiegoofie]

Thank you Mister.

[@테디b]

I suggest people should be patient with this video. I watched it once and I thought I can do it but I wasted lots of time. DO IT STEP BY STEP with this guy and don't make the mistake that I made.

[@ProlificOaktree]

I need this comment on all of my videos!

[@jackkrauser2361]

You are a genius! Thank you!!

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad it helped!

[@booksforlife9870]

Thanks a lot for sharing this!

[@ProlificOaktree]

My pleasure!

[@Taser-g3g]

Is It possibile to do a dx and sx page number in order to set up the documento for a proper print?

[@Nitman333]

Thank you sir! Is it possible to landscape specific pages while keeping the other pages portrait?

[@ProlificOaktree]

Hmm, good question. I'm not aware of a way to do that, but there could be.

[@Nitman333]

@@ProlificOaktree Thank you for your reply. I've even tried to import a Microsoft Word Document with some pages being landscape and the rest portrait, but it still doesn't work. It would be great if there was a way.

[@onepoint2320]

I want to put page number on bottom middle of the document is there a way for that in Gdocs?

[@JayFish-Hunter007]

Thank you for your demonstration... I got it. 👏👏👏😆😆😆

[@jhin5844]

Been looking for this, thank you

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad I could help.

[@shinylauj5473]

How do you set columns page numbers?

[@norazahrinaesa4585]

Thankyou sooo muchh

[@ProlificOaktree]

You're welcome sooooo much.

[@francescacalosso2841]

Is it possible to use roman numbers on section 1 and arabic numbers on section 2?

[@margaritamatayoshi5364]

I don't have the Show section breaks at View. How should I proceed with paging section 2 of my 30-page work? I am using the Romans number for the first 10 pages. Then, I am using the normal numbers for Chapters 1-6.

[@jajasmike7818]

did you figure it out because im having trouble with this as well

[@rennart435]

Thank you sir, you have provided a HUGE time saver🙏

[@JMay-fp6tc]

Super helpful!

[@ashutoshhatkar]

great thankyou

[@KristaSchmidt]

Thank you! All of the other solutions that I found didn't work, so I was beginning to think it wasn't going to happen.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Glad I could help!

[@Angela-ud7jo]

THANK YOU

[@tientruong209]

Thank you!

[@ProlificOaktree]

You're welcome!

[@wolusejati3005]

Thank you for the tutorial. By the way, how to insert different numbers in one page two colums, as we can do in MS Word?

[@ProlificOaktree]

I don't know of a way to do that.

[@wolusejati3005]

@@ProlificOaktree Thank you.

[@dereklam5324]

go to insert than headers, more options than click start from 1 and then all your pages will be numbered.

[@wolusejati3005]

@@dereklam5324 Thank you for the answer. I must try it soon.

[@lesserdad]

Do you know if theres anyway to get them to number it i, ii, iii like there is in word? It is very confusing to me to use numbers in the first section and second section. I like having the small roman numerals in the first section

[@pattyduffy6125]

When I click "apply" all the pages have the same number in the header. How can I get numerical page numbering in my section?

[@cur1ousss2047]

precise and on point :D

[@ProlificOaktree]

Thanks man.

[@abdielpaulineespiritu593]

WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO HAVE PAGE NUMBERS IN THE FIRST THREE PAGES. PLEASE HELP MEEE ]

[@zz7733]

I'm in the same boat!!

[@Lobeik]

​@@zz7733 Could you put a page break at the bottom of the 3rd page so page 4 and later are designated as 'section 2' and then select section 2 in the 'Apply to' of the page numbers menu and choose and which number you wish to start from in the numbering section of the options menu (after unchecking 'link to previous' tickbox found in the header/footer)?

[@rebeccaeversley7045]

Thank you for this. I managed to follow until the end but when i tried to remove my number on my pretend citation page it removed all number up to the original section 2. What am I doing wrong?

[@lumi8084]

Does this also work if you want to start your header on page 3 and not 2?

[@ProlificOaktree]

Yeah, it should!

[@shaneiiiking628]

How to do it on Phone or Tablet

[@raina2319]

Does this work on a mobile phone?

[@ProlificOaktree]

Probably not.

[@Frat-js4wd]

How did you delete the blank page

[@ProlificOaktree]

I just used the backspace key.

[@SagarmathaSipahi]

Is there a way we can use Roman numerals in the first section and Arabic numerals in the second?

[@ProlificOaktree]

I don't think so.

[@dhevanrajandran7632]

Great video:)

[@ProlificOaktree]

Thanks!

[@aliborabayk8669]

Is google docs provide the roman numbers on page numbering system, i cant found anything about it also i think google doesnt support the special characters on page numbering

[@ProlificOaktree]

I don't think it does allow Roman Numerals for special characters as page numbers.

[@afmusician1660]

There is no section breaks checking option.

[@ProlificOaktree]

Make sure you have inserted section breaks first.

[@chescacariaso9614]

how dO you make the thing at the top where it says "options" "different page" etc show up

[@ProlificOaktree]

You've gotta put in a Section break.

[@Mahershalalhashbaz5]

How do I change my section numbers? They're off in my document

[@ProlificOaktree]

I thought they were assigned sequentially so you control them by entering brakes.

[@Mahershalalhashbaz5]

@@ProlificOaktree the first page of my document says section 1, then I have a few pages it labeled section 2 and section 3 starts at the introduction and goes into my book a ways. I want the page numbers to start at the beginning of chapter 1 but for the life of me can't figure out how to do it.

[@olacyrek4868]

I am following the instruction and it is not working. I don't know what I'm doing wrong...

[@linettaalexanderislam2751]

I don't know what I'm not getting but it's not working for me. I even tried the whiting out thing. Beyond frustrated.

[@chrissyo0900]

im writing my resume and its kinda long but it keeps going to another page I want it all in one page how do i make it like that

[@ProlificOaktree]

There’s a setting now to completely remove page breaks.

[@Real_Nutella]

Why does this just not work. It still keeps putting page numbers on my works cited

[@BrendanSowerby]

Unfortunately, if you have a long TOC over several pages, because of the formatting you can't separate each page as individual sections. All pages with the TOC will only be recognized as one section.

[@amanyz3869]

How I change english numbers into Arabic numbers in google document? Not pages , I mean numbers, Like in word which we click option then numerate in word which we click on context .