In everyday life, we often need to add the page numbers to the document. Page numbers help identify the order and the total number of pages.

Click the Insert tab, and click the Page Number to select a built-in style and add the page numbers to each page of the document.

If you want to set your favorite page number Format, you can click Insert Page Number to pop up a dialog box. We can set the page number Format and Position on the Page.

At Page numbering, we can make the page Start at a different page number, generally keeping the default value of 1.Finally, Apply to the Entire document, and click OK to insert the page numbers.

There's also a quicker way to set the page numbers.

Double-click the header or footer area, where we can also click Insert Page Numberand customize the page number Format and Position.

If you need to delete a page number, just click on the page number drop-down menu and click the Delete page number.