Lucky for you, adding page numbers to your digital documents, whether that's a technical manual on Google Docs or an eBook on Microsoft Word, is a pretty straightforward process.

Microsoft Word’s page numbering feature is so powerful and flexible that it often confuses users. Knowing how to use Word’s four page-numbering fields will clarify most every usage.

Any Microsoft Word document over a couple of pages usually has a page number, in the header or footer. By inserting one of Word’s page-numbering fields, these numbers are dynamic—updating as ...

How to Create Page Numbers After a Numbered Index in a Word 2010 Document. Numbered index pages in a long Microsoft Word 2010 document can help your reader quickly find information; but if you add ...

Word allows you to format page numbers using regular numbers, roman numerals or letters. You can also choose to number all pages in a document consecutively or create sections where each starts at ...

This also results in missing page numbers in Microsoft Word. Depending on your specific case, you may need to enable or disable ‘Link to Previous’ to bring back the missing page numbers.

Microsoft and Apple try to help you put the numbers in the correct place and have it look good, too.