I think this is what we've been telling you from the outset. If you have
Continuous section breaks falling in the middle of a page, then you can have
sections in which the numbering restarts, but they are not accessible from
the Header and Footer toolbar. There are two possible approaches:

1. Insert a temporary page break in the section that falls in the middle of
the page, then use Format Page Number on the H&F toolbar to set numbering to
"Continue from previous section."

2. With the insertion point in the inaccessible section use Insert | Page
Numbers: Format.... After setting the format, click OK, but be sure to click
Close rather than OK back in the main dialog so that you don't insert
another page number field.

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I KNOW I'm misunderstanding something! lol

There are section breaks in the document, because some text is set to
columns. That automatically creates a section break, when you return
to single column. Maybe the renumbering was restarting after every
column change. Is that a relevant clue?

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In the last exciting episode on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:40:25 -0600,
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I'm not sure I understand the connection between Heading 3 and page
numbering unless you're inserting a section break before each heading. If
so, something more than Word is the problem here, as that should not be
necessary. I think you are misunderstanding something, but I'm not sure
what.