How to skip page numbers for some pages in the Word document

For example, if you need to hide the page number of page 7 :

To skip page numbers for some pages, you need to add formulas instead of standard page numbers:

{ IF “Expression1” Operator “Expression2” “Text if formula is TRUE” “Text if formula is FALSE” }

For this example, to simplify a logic, create 2 different formulas for pages before 7 and after 7 :

   1.   First formula – for pages before 7 :

   1.1.   Click Ctrl+F9 to add the special brackets:

   1.2.   Enter IF and then again click Ctrl+9 to add PAGE  field to get the current page number:

   1.3.   Enter < (less than) and then number of the page in quotes that you want to skip, in this example, "7" :

   1.4.   Add the text that you want to see for pages before 7 in quotes:

   2.   Second formula – for pages after 7 :

   2.1.   Click Ctrl+F9 to add the special brackets.

   2.2.   Enter IF and then again click Ctrl+9 to add PAGE field to calculate the current page number.

   2.3.   Enter > (greater than) and then number of the page in quotes that you want to skip, in this example, "7" :

   2.4.   In quotes:

• Add the text that you want to see for pages before 7.
• Instead of the current page number, you need to calculate the page number, excluding skipped pages. For this example:

   3.   Format text in quotes if necessary, for example:

   4.   To show the result of your formulas, do one of the following:

• Select formulas and click Alt+F9,
• Right-click on each field and choose Toggle Field Codes:

So, you will see numbers of pages, skipping the page number 7 :

See also:

• How to include the total number of pages along with the current page number,
• How to show the correct number of pages.

See also this tip in French: Comment ignorer les numéros de page pour certaines pages du document Word.