A section break is needed if page numbers should be restarted. There is one
simple case when you can do without a section break, though (not sure if it
applies to the OP's situation): Assuming that you are *not* printing duplex,
and that you are adding a single page, you can set the page number to start
at zero and then enable the "Different first page" option; this suppresses
the zero page number on the first page (cover page) and then displays
numbers starting at 1 on physical page 2.
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