Question: Is it possible to add:

"First, Last, Next, Previous" options to the GridView paging? I can't seem to figure it out. All I can get are numbers and >> for last and << for first...

Answer: 
Set the value of the PageText properties of the PagerSettings section:
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```
<asp:GridView ID="gridView" runat="server" AllowPaging="True">
    <PagerSettings  Mode="NextPreviousFirstLast" FirstPageText="First" PreviousPageText="Previous" NextPageText="Next" LastPageText="Last" />
</asp:GridView>

```

You can set these values from the Properties window in the designer too ..
The default Pager of GridView is not flexible.

The alternatives are these

1. Using Pager Template of the GridView ([GridView PagerTemplate Property by MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.gridview.pagertemplate.aspx))
2. Extending the GridView control to support DataPager ([example here](https://web.archive.org/web/20140702030959/http://mattberseth.com/blog/2008/04/using_a_datapager_with_the_gri.html))