Word – MS Word 2007: How to hide first 4 page numbers

Add the following macro to your document and run it once:

Sub Main()
    On Error Resume Next
    For i = 0 To ActiveDocument.Sections.Count
        ActiveDocument.Sections(i).Footers(wdHeaderFooterEvenPages).PageNumbers.RestartNumberingAtSection = False
        ActiveDocument.Sections(i).Footers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).PageNumbers.RestartNumberingAtSection = False
        ActiveDocument.Sections(i).Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).PageNumbers.RestartNumberingAtSection = False
    Next i
End Sub

You can add this macro by pressing ALT-F11. That'll open the VBA window. Right click "ThisDocument" and choose "Insert/Module". Copy and paste the code from above, then press F5. This will force every section to continous page numbering.

Are your page number fields in headers or footers? If so, then define page styles for these pages so that the header or footer is not displayed. Numbering will continue on the subsequent page header/footers.

If you want to number the first content page as 1, then (from LibreOffice help) Click into the first paragraph on the content page. The first paragraph could be a title. Choose Format-Paragraph-Text Flow. In the Breaks area, enable Insert. Enable With Page Style. Then set the starting page number.

You can do this with page number fields outside headers or footers, but then you need to insert a page number field on each page to be numbered.

This LibreOffice Writer guide has several examples of restarting page numbering for both regular and master documents.