# PageNumberField.StartNumber Property

> Gets or sets the page number for the first page.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl > PageNumberField.StartNumber Property
- **477 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/startnumber-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/startnumber-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/startnumber-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Gets or sets the page number for the first page.

### Syntax

```csharp
public int StartNumber { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property StartNumber As Integer
```

### Examples

The following example starts footer page numbering at 1 for the current section.

```csharp
textControl.HeadersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
HeaderFooter footer = textControl.HeadersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer);
PageNumberField pageNumberField = new(1, NumberFormat.ArabicNumbers);
footer.PageNumberFields.Add(pageNumberField);
pageNumberField.StartNumber = 1;
```

```vbnet
textControl.HeadersAndFooters.Add(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
Dim footer As HeaderFooter = textControl.HeadersAndFooters.GetItem(HeaderFooterType.Footer)
Dim pageNumberField As New PageNumberField(1, NumberFormat.ArabicNumbers)
footer.PageNumberFields.Add(pageNumberField)
pageNumberField.StartNumber = 1
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [PageNumberField.ShowNumberOfPages Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfield/shownumberofpages-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [PageNumberFieldCollection Class](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol/pagenumberfieldcollection/llms-full.txt)