If you're going page by page, the jump in section number just means that
there are several Continuous section breaks on the page.

If you would like to send me a *small* sample of the problem document, I'll
take a look.

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"aviation editor" wrote in
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That does not show me anything. Not only are there are total of 79
sections
in the document, but on the status bar, it jumps from, for example,
section 5
to section 9; there is no sections 6 though 8. It's really weird. Have
you
ever encountered such a thing?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

On your status bar, you're seeing Section 2, Section 3, etc.? If you're
not
finding them, perhaps they're hidden? Try displaying nonprinting
characters
(or at least checking the box for "Hidden text" on the View tab of Tools
|
Options.

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"aviation editor" wrote in
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Thank you for your response Suzanne. The "Browse by Section" does
take me
to
each "section," but the section break does not show and when I try to
delete
the paragraph mark that would contain the break, while I can delete
the
mark,
the section still remains. I also cannot see any of the sections in
the
Normal view and when I search for them using ^b, it says none exist.
Any
further guidance would be appreciated.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you set the Browse Object to Browse by Section (using the button
between
the browse arrows at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar), can you
not
find the section breaks? FWIW, they're a lot easier to see in Normal
view.
You should also be able to search for them using ^b as a search
term.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"aviation editor" aviation wrote
in
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I've inherited a document that has MANY sections; however, when I
ask
Word
to
"find" the section breaks, it says there aren't any. I cannot see
them
either; however, I know they are there because when I "View
Header/Footer,"
there are 30 sections within the first 22 pages of a 150-page
document.
Is
there a way to completely delete all of these sections. I just
want
to
start
over with inserting sections where I need them. Thanks for any
advise.