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Custom Page Numbering Format
Here is my writing on Page Numbers in Word 2007-2021 (365).
I know of no way to accomplish this, exactly, in Word. However, you can come close, using Chapter Numbering in a bizarre way.
First you need to set up a MultiLevel List and Heading 9 alphabetical numbering and start it with S.
Set the color for the number as white so it will not show up.
Note the sequence in the screenshot above. Then on the first page of your document use Heading 9, which can be formatted exactly the same as your other text, and you would really only need a space in the paragraph formatted as Heading 9.
Then, in the Format Page Numbers dialog, tell Word that you want to use Chapter Numbering following Heading 9. You have to pick a separator, though, so you will have a character between S and the number. Here a colon is chosen.
These will then be the pages that show up on any page using a Page field for numbering and that will show up in the Table of Contents (or Index).
Note that you can use SEQ fields for this. See my previous reply as well as Suzanne S. Barnhill's article on table of contents tips & tricks.
Thank you. I suspect that SEQ fields would be less complex. It works for the TOC.
I was looking for something that handled the Page Number on the page as a formatted page number. However, it is simple enough to add the S to the numbering on the page itself manually in the footer.
Indeed, in the footer you can just type in the "S" next to the page number field. 🙂
Using the \s field with SEQ fields is sometimes useful. There is of course a limitation in the sense that you can only use the number/letter formats that a SEQ field can produce.