To begin with (though it may be too late for you to hear this), there's a
good chance you didn't need to disable same as previous to get different
text in each footer. If you're picking up text anywhere in the section (such
as the chapter title), you can use a StyleRef field for that, and it will
change automatically.

In your current situation, however, when you add new text, make sure that
the old text is deleted.

Also, be aware that if you have either "Different first page" or "Different
odd and even" checked (Layout tab of Page Setup), then you may have as many
as three separate footers in any given section. "Same as Previous" for each
different type of footer controls the link only to the previous footer of
the same type: First Page, Even Page, Odd Page. (And note that the controls
for headers are independent, so you needn't worry about what you have or
haven't done with them.)

Finally, if you have any sections in the middle of a page (that is, sections
that begin and end with Continuous breaks), there's a good chance that the
problem is in a footer that is inaccessible without temporarily inserting a
page break in the middle of the page.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...
Going crazy with footer text!!!

My document has 20 sections. In each section,
I changed the text in the footer making sure that
the "Same as previous" was disabled. As I did
each section, it appeared that all was okay.
However, when I came back to the document
sometime later, I found different footing text
within the same section and in some cases the
text peculiar to a given section had propagated
to the next section as though "Same as previous"
was enabled, which it isn't upon checking.

At this point, it doesn't appear that making
changes to footing text will remain as entered.

Do I need to do something else besides
assuring that "Same as previous" is disabled
in the footing? There is NO text in the heading
and I've not paid any attention to whether the
"Same as previous" is enabled or disabled in
the heading. Can that be the source of my
difficulties?

Totally frustrated,
Bill