Well, most of the time, you must start the page number from the second page, leaving the first page or the cover page empty. Follow the easy steps below.
- Navigate to Google Docs, where you will have multiple pages.
- Click on the Insert menu –> Select Page numbers –> Now, add page numbers to the header of every page except the first page, as highlighted below, or add page numbers to the footer of every page except the first page.
As shown below, the page numbering starts on the second page.
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Voila! This is how to add page numbers in Google Docs starting on page 2. Thanks for your time.
I am Rajkishore, and I have over 14 years of experience in the Software Industry. For a long time, I have been using Google Docs, Google Drive, and Google Sheets for my document usage, and I am sharing all the tips and tricks, the challenges I have come across, and their solutions to use Google Docs for your day-to-day use. I hope you will learn from these practical Google Docs tutorials. Read more.