Hi Karen

The number one concept here is that pagination is controlled by
sections. You need three lots of pagination (front matter, main body,
appendixes). Therefore, you need (at least) three sections. To insert a
new section, Insert > Break > Next Page. If you now do View > Header and
Footer you will see that you have headers and footers for three
different sections. You can use the Show Next and Show Previous buttons
on the Header and Footer toolbar to cycle through them. You will need to
Click the Link to Previous button so that, at the dotted line around the
header or footer, Word does *not* say "Same as Previous" (because you
need different pagination for your three sections). You can then use the
buttons on the toolbar to insert and format your page numbers. In the
case of section 3 (the appendixes), delete the page number.

There's a really good view of page numbering at
How to control the page numbering in a Word document
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm

There is specific information about setting up front matter pagination
at
http://home.zebra.net/~sbarnhill/FrontMatter.htm

And, if you need it, there is specific information about including the
"chapter" number in the page number at
I want to include the chapter number with the page number in the
Header - how can I do this?
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/ChapterNumber.htm

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly.  Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
Melbourne, Australia