Formatting Page Numbers in Turabian
If you have already written the paper, go to Home and from the Paragraph box select the paragraph symbol "¶". This will reveal any Page Breaks you have inserted.
Go through the document and remove all of the Page Breaks.
Preliminary Pages
Go to the Title page, put cursor one line below the end of the text (double click left of the final ¶).
Go to Layout in the toolbar ribbon. Under Page Set up select Breaks then under Section Breaks select Next Page.
Go to the first page needing a page number and put the cursor in the footer (double click). The Header & Footer toolbar will appear.
In the Navigation group of the toolbar, uncheck Link to Previous.
Go to Page number in the Header & Footer group of the toolbar.
Select Bottom of Page -- Plain number 2.
Select Page number again and then select Format Page number.
Change Number Format to “i, ii, iii,”.
First page of Chapter 1
Put the cursor at the end of the text on the last of the preliminary pages (one line above the first page of the chapter).
Go to the Layout tab in the toolbar.
In the Page Set up group, select Breaks and under Section Breaks select Next Page.
Double click in the footer of the first page of the chapter. Notice “Same as Previous” appears.
Go to the Navigation group and uncheck Link to Previous (“Same as Previous” should disappear).
Go back to Page Number and select Format Page number and change the Number format to “1, 2, 3,” then under Page Numbering change Continue from previous to Start at and insert “1”.
Second Page of Chapter 1:
Put the cursor at the end of the text of the first page of the chapter.
Go to the Layout tab and in the Page Set up group select Breaks then under Section Breaks select Continuous.
Go to the bottom of the second page of the chapter and double click in the footer.
Uncheck Link to Previous (Navigation bar).
Go back to the footer and delete the page number (double click).
Put the cursor in the header of the same page and uncheck Link to Previous.
Go to Page Number, select Top of page then select Plain number 3 (showing page number in top right corner).
Go back to Page Number and select Format Page Numbers then under Page Numbering select Continue from previous section.
Chapter 2
Repeat the following steps for the first and second page of each subsequent chapter:
First Page of New Chapter
Put the cursor at the end of the text on the last page of the previous chapter.
Go to Layout and under Page Set up select Breaks and under Section Breaks select Next Page.
Double click in the footer of the first page of the chapter. Notice “Same as Previous” appears.
Go to Navigation and uncheck Link to Previous (“Same as Previous” should disappear).
Go to Page Number, Bottom of Page: Plain Number 2.
Put the cursor in the header of the same page and uncheck Link to Previous.
Delete the page number from the header.
Second Page of New Chapter
Put the cursor at the end of the text of the first page of the chapter.
Go to Layout, Page Set up select Breaks then under Section Breaks select Continuous.
Go to the bottom of the second page of the chapter and double click in the footer.
Uncheck Link to Previous.
Delete the page number (double click) from the footer.
Put the cursor in the header of the same page and uncheck Link to Previous.
Go to Page Number, select Top of page and then select Plain number 3 (showing page number in top right).
Last updated March 2022.