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Page numbering for a thesis or dissertation generally requires the use of both Roman numerals (e.g. i, ii, iii) and Arabic numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3).

The key to doing this is entering a section break between the pages where page number formatting will change, and making sure that the Link to Previous option is disabled on the pages after the section break. Then it's just a matter of formatting the page numbers appropriately in each section.
 

For a basic set of instructions on how to do this, see this section of Microsoft Word's support page for adding different page numbers or number formats to different sections.

For a more in-depth, visual breakdown of how to do this, see this guide from The Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University.