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Your document has a cover, an introduction, and a checklist.

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The cover should have no visible page number, but the later

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pages still need theirs.

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We will use a fictional three-page guide, make sure it is

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in Pages format, turn on Different first page, and check the

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exact result: a blank cover followed by pages two and three.

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Use the practice text to make a cover page, then an

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introduction, then a checklist.

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Add page breaks between them so their positions are deliberate.

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Keep the example fictional.

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Before adding numbers, scroll through and confirm that there are exactly three pages.

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If the text spills onto a fourth page, shorten it or

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adjust the layout first.

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Google Docs page numbers do not appear in Pageless format.

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Open File, then Page setup, and make sure Pages is selected.

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If you switch from Pageless, review the whole document because lines

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and page breaks may move.

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Return to the three-page practice copy before you add the footer,

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so the result check has a stable starting point.

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Open Insert, Page elements, Page number, and choose a footer position.

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Double-click the cover footer, turn on Different first page, and leave

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that first-page footer empty.

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The ordinary footer remains available on later pages.

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This hides the cover number; it does not restart the sequence.

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Inspect the introduction and checklist before you export.

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The introduction is physically page two, so this method displays two there.

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The checklist displays three.

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The cover remains blank.

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Compare all three pages in order.

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If your assignment instead requires the introduction to display one,

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that is a separate section-numbering task; hiding the first-page number

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alone does not produce it.

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If the cover still has a number, double-click its footer, confirm

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Different first page is on, and remove only the field in that first-page footer.

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If numbers disappear everywhere, check that the later-page footer still

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contains a page-number field.

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Do not delete that ordinary footer just to clear the cover.

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Scroll from cover through checklist.

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The cover should have no visible page number, while the introduction

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displays two and the checklist displays three in the same footer position.

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Export a PDF and check it too, because that is what

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a recipient will read.

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This lesson hides the cover number; it does not restart page numbering.