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How to add page number in word

February 13, 2023
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Word page numbering is another advanced function in WPS. Let me explain how it works. 

1. On the Insert tab, click the Page Number icon, and then click Page Number. 

2. Select a location, and then pick an alignment style. Word automatically numbers every page, except designated title pages.

3. To change the numbering style, select Format and then choose the formatting you want to use.

One thing should be in your consideration is that  it does not matter if you are using the WPS 2010,WPS 2013,WPS2016 or you get a mac or a windows.

How to add page number in word?

Adding page numbers to long  Word documents takes just a few clicks. The pages are numbered automatically, so you don't need to add them in one by one. 

1. On the Insert tab, click the Page Number icon, and then click Page Number. 

2. Select a location, and then pick an alignment style. Word automatically numbers every page, except designated title pages. 

3. To change the numbering style, select Format and then choose the formatting you want to use,or you can go to the navigation bar add pages and click on the head/footer option and modify your page.

How to reorder pages in word?

1. Click the Page tab, then click the Insert Pages drop-down menu. 

2. Here, we can choose to insert a Blank page. Its shortcut key is Ctr l+Alt+I.

3. In the popup dialog box, we can set the size, direction, number, and insertion position of the new page.

In the following steps it will be easy for you to reorder the pages in word.

1. First you have to tap on the view option and then it will give you the navigation bar it will appear on the left side there you can rearrange your pages or you can right click on any of the headings you can expend and collapse all of the headings.

2. You can add the second method like this for example if you want to put one paragraph in other page you have to select that paragraph.    

After selecting that put it anywhere you want to like this.


Words per page

There are times when it helps to know how many words per page you are writing.While a general guideline is one page is 500 words or 250 this is a ballpark figure.The truth is the number of words per page depends on a variety of factors such as the type of font,the font size,spacing element,margin spacing,and paragraph length to  name a few.While it is not possible to take into all these factors when estimating hoe many words per page there will be for your writing.For example you can see how many words consist in a single

Page it consists of 242 words.

Conclusion

You can use the above-mentioned methods/function for how to add page numbers and how to add pages in word.  it saves your precious. This leads you to work smart and more importantly save much time, time and for more learning visit our WPS Academy and also download WPS free online.

 

 

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