To accomplish this, we are going to divide the document into different “sections”, break them apart (so they can have different page number formatting), and then add the page numbers. Rackham requires that all of your page numbers be placed at the bottom center of your pages. At that point, the numbering should restart in Arabic (“1, 2, 3…”).

Page numbering should continue on in roman numerals until the first page of Chapter 1 is reached. For example, Rackham’s guidelines require that the page numbers begin on the the third or fourth page of your document (depending on if you include a graphical frontispiece) and the page number on that page should be Roman numeral “ii”. If you are writing a Rackham dissertation, you have somewhat more complicated pagination.

Choose the appropriate placement of the number and a style. If you want continuous pagination that is all in the same format, go to the Insert Ribbon, and in the Header & Footer Group, click on the Page Number icon. You can set the page numbers for your entire document, or if you need more control, you can do it section-by-section as well. “Roman Numeral”, “Arabic”) and gives you the option of selecting the “starting at” number. Microsoft Word provides you with the option of selecting a numbering style (e.g.

Ms word headers different on each page