OK Kat. I am going to do a step by step approach, creating a new document and setting up 2 sections and stopping the first page having a page number but the second will start at page 1. I will be using the toolbars so it's important that you do it step by step and make sure you find the correct option on the toolbar.

Remember, I don't work for Microsoft and am not going to comment on how difficult they make it. I am only interested in you having a step by step approach. I recommend when you have managed it once, you do it another five times until you fully understand how it works. At that point you should be able to apply it to your document.

It should only take you a couple of minutes to do each document and if you have done it correctly, delete that document and do it again and again. OK

1. Create a new document
2. Click on the Page Layout Ribbon on the toolbar
3. Look for the Breaks option and when you have found it, click on the drop down icon.
4. You should get a list of options. Notice the group of options for section break. Click on the one that says Next Page.
5. You should now be in page 2.
6. Look for the ribbon menu that says Insert and click on it.
7. Find the footer option and click on the drop down icon.
8. Look for the menu that says Edit Footer... and click on it.
9. Look for the icon that says Link To Previous and click on it. That will disconnect section 1 & 2.
10 On the same ribbon look for the icon for Page Number and click on it.
11. From the list click on Current Position > and click on Plain Number. You should see 2 appear in the footer.
12. We are now going to tell Word that we want to start with 1. We have already told Word that the previous section should not be linked.
13. Click on the Page Number icon and select the menu choice that says Format Page Numbers...
14. In the dialogue box, look at the section that says Page Numbering.
15. Click on the radio button for for Start At. You should see a 1 appear to the right.
16. Click on OK.

If you now look at the 2 pages you should find that the first page does not have a number in the footer and page 2 should start with 1.

Copy and paste these instruction into Word and save it so that you can open it whenever you have forgotten how to do it.

Now it's time to use that new knowledge on your document.

As I said, don't blame me for Microsoft, all I am trying to do is help you.

I hope that helps in the learning curve :-) and best wishes.
Les