PageNumbers.ShowFirstPageNumber property (Word)

True if the page number appears on the first page in the section. Read/write Boolean.

Syntax

expression. ShowFirstPageNumber

expression An expression that returns a 'PageNumbers' collection object.

Remarks

Setting this property to True automatically adds page numbers to a section.

Example

This example checks to see whether the page number appears on the first page in the active document.

Set myDoc = ActiveDocument 
first = myDoc.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary). _ 
 PageNumbers.ShowFirstPageNumber 
Msgbox "This document shows numbers on the first page - " & first

This example adds page numbers to the active document.

ActiveDocument.Sections(1) _ 
 .Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).PageNumbers _ 
 .ShowFirstPageNumber = True

See also

PageNumbers Collection Object

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