Add Page Numbers in Google Docs

The numbering feature of Google Docs lets you automate the task of adding page numbers to the entire document. Not just that, you can also format the page numbers to your liking in terms of their position, color, size, font, etc. Also, you can choose to start the numbering from any page number like 2 or 3. Read on to find out how this all can be done. To activate the page numbering feature in Google Docs, follow the steps given below:

Step 1. Open the Google 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. Select Page Numbers

Click on the drop-down next to Page numbers and choose the layout you want. You can see that there are options to add the page numbers in the header or the footer and also to skip the numbering for the first page.

Step 3. Preview your Page Number

You will see that as you choose a layout, the page numbers will immediately appear all through the document. We chose the header option, therefore, the numbering appears in the top right corner.

This is how you can add basic page numbers in your document. But if you want to tweak things a bit, you might need to do some formatting. Read on to learn the various formatting options.

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.