[charles thiesen]

In a long (140 p) and conplex document I've numbered pages in the footers
according to chapters: 2-1, 2-1, etc. In the later sections of the document
this isn't working correctly. With appropriate breaks and chapter headings
that worked for most of the document, the first page in a new chapter's
footer gives the continuing page number for the previous chapter. Pages
will go 15-12, 15-13, 16-14, 16-2.

I'm pretty sure I've done all the selections correctly. Anyone ever
experience this? Is there a fix? Does Word 2003 do any better?

(The workaround of manually numbering the pages creates problems in the
TOC, Index, and cross references.)

Thanks for any help,
- charles

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Make sure that "Start at 1" is set in Format Page Number for those sections.

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"charles thiesen" wrote in message
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In a long (140 p) and conplex document I've numbered pages in the footers
according to chapters: 2-1, 2-1, etc. In the later sections of the
document
this isn't working correctly. With appropriate breaks and chapter headings
that worked for most of the document, the first page in a new chapter's
footer gives the continuing page number for the previous chapter. Pages
will go 15-12, 15-13, 16-14, 16-2.

I'm pretty sure I've done all the selections correctly. Anyone ever
experience this? Is there a fix? Does Word 2003 do any better?

(The workaround of manually numbering the pages creates problems in the
TOC, Index, and cross references.)

Thanks for any help,
- charles

[charles]

Thanks for the swift response.

I've triple checked that. It is.
- charles


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in
:

Make sure that "Start at 1" is set in Format Page Number for those
sections.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are there "hidden" sections in the middle of pages? For example, where you
change the number of columns?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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charles wrote in message ...
Thanks for the swift response.

I've triple checked that. It is.
- charles


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in
:

Make sure that "Start at 1" is set in Format Page Number for those
sections.

[charles]

I insert section breaks in the middle of pages so I can have unique headers
from one page to another. Not every page, but often.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in
:

Are there "hidden" sections in the middle of pages? For example, where
you change the number of columns?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Instead of inserting section breaks "in the middle of pages," use Next Page
breaks. This will make it much easier to access the correct header/footer.
Also, if the header reflects content on the page, you may be able to use a
StyleRef field, which will make a section break unnecessary; see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/StyleRef.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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charles wrote in message ...
I insert section breaks in the middle of pages so I can have unique
headers
from one page to another. Not every page, but often.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in
:

Are there "hidden" sections in the middle of pages? For example, where
you change the number of columns?