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Page numbering with unnumbered pages in between
In Word, page numbers are generally in running headers or footers. These are parts of sections and each section has three headers and three footers which can be different.
I believe that the Different First Page option will give you what you want.
After each poem insert either a Next-Page or an Odd-Page section break. The new section will use the first-page header and footer which need not have a page number.
I tried to make every page a different section. I tried entering different first page checking and unchecking it. Sometimes I got no page number, but then when I started numbering pages, I would get the same number twice. I know my brain my not be working as well as a younger person. But I really tried. I couldn't get it. If there is a video to walk me through this, it would help a lot. I got the first section, but there are seven more. Can I hand write the page numbers in on the computer. I need to send a computer copy of my book. Otherwise, I would just write them in with pen. This is very frustrating. Maybe if I understood how to do formats it would help. But I just want simply page numbers with some pages un-numbered. I know you tried to help. Is there some other help I can get?
You are getting the same number more than once because you, at some point, told Word to start numbering over. Then, you created a new section. That repeats the behavior.
First, it is highly unlikely that you want a separate section for each page. Perhaps for each poem if you want to start with an unnumbered page, but not for each page.
If you want, save a document with the problem and a couple of poems on OneDrive or DropBox and post a share link here. I will fix it so you can see what to do. USE A COPY, not your original.