Our documents start with a cover page which has signatures and routing
information.
So WRT page numbering, we don't want this included. I know how to start
numbering pages from the first document page, but I don't know how to

Can someone please tell me how to put text before an automatic number?
For example, I want:
Instructions:   1. Blah, blah
               2. More blah

First, thanks to all who so generously offer support on these forums.  The
wealth of knowledge is IMPRESSIVE.
OK, I've got a 3 page TOC with pages numbered i - iii.  If I tell Word to
print pages 1-3, in an attempt to get just the TOC, it instead prints i

Everytime I add an object (Excel charts) into a word document I need to add a
caption.  These need to be numbered in order 1,2,3 etc.  However if I add the
first 2 items and add captions, THEN go back to the very begining and add a
third item, I want this item to be automatically ...