Don't even try to accomplish this using Insert | Page Numbers. Use View |
Header and Footer and insert the page number in the appropriate header or
footer. You'll need to unlink the headers/footers of sections where you want
page numbers to appear in different places. For more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm and
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/HeaderFooter.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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> i want to know how to have page numbers at the top of the page in the first
> section, but then have it at the bottom of the page in the rest of the
> document. Whatever I try ends up showing both numbers at top of page and
> bottom of page in all sections.