How to Customise Page Number in Google Docs
The various options to format the page numbering includes changing the position, changing the layout in terms of text, font, size, color and alignment. You can also do other things like skipping the page number from the first page and starting the numbering from 2 or 3 instead of 1. Moreover, if you want to track the pages in terms of total pages, you can use the option of adding a page count.
1. Customise your own Template to Format Page Numbering in Google Docs
You have seen that when you click on the drop down next to Page numbers option, you get to choose from 4 layouts. But if you want, you can create a new layout as per your choice. This will let you decide the position and start index of numbering. You can also choose to skip the numbering on the first page using this method. Follow these steps to achieve this:
Step 1. Open the Document
Open the Google Document in which you want to insert page numbers and go over to the Insert tab where you will find the option titled “Page numbers”.
Step 2. Click on More Options
In the drop-down, click on the “More options” section after going to the Insert tab and selecting Page Numbers.
Step 3. Select the Page Numbering Style
In a pop-up that opens, choose the position of page numbering. You can also deselect the “Show on first page” option and start the numbering from any number instead of 1. In this example, we will deselect the “Show on first page” option and start the numbering at “3” Click on Apply.
You can see that as you click on Apply, the changes will be made in the document instantly.
Step 4. Customise the Font, Size, Alignment, and Color of Page Numbering
- Select the page number.
- From the ribbon below the Title bar, you can increase or decrease the size, select the font-family and change the color. You can also choose to bold, italicise or underline the numbering. Using the 3 dots in the corner, you can also change the alignment to centre or left.
In this example, we have set the font size to 19, font family to Courier, and color to Green. We have also used the bold and underline options along with setting the alignment to centre. You will notice that these changes will be made to all the page numbers in the document.
Step 5. Add Page Count along with Page Numbering in Google Docs
In order to check the progress that one has made into the document with respect to the total number of pages, the option of Page Count can be set up in Google docs.
- Open the desired document and select any numbering.
- In the drop-down next to the Page numbers option under insert tab, select the Page Count option.
You will see that the word count would be added next to the page numbering. In order to separate the two, you can insert a “/” or write “of” in between. The same would apply to all other page numbers.
How to add Page Numbers in Google Docs
Google Docs is widely used for writing-related tasks and collaboration due to its versatile features. For multi-page projects, page numbering is necessary. Writing page numbers manually can get tedious for long documents.
A better thing to do in such a scenario is to use the page numbering tool of Google Docs and automate the task. In this article, we will learn more about the page numbering feature in Google Docs and also see how it can be set up for use.