[David]

I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6 sections and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break after the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out why the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help would be
great.

[Dawn Crosier, MVP]

This is one of those headaches that come back every once in a while.

See:
"Page X of Y" gives wrong numbers
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/apperrors/PageXofY.htm

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

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"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6 sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help would
be
great.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading (possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered, does the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6 sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help would
be
great.

[David]

I am using the section field. Should I not use the section field for the
first section? I think I need to because the first two pages are the table
of contents and table of figures, etc. When I inserted the page numbers I
did use the include chapter number option. When I view the details of the
page, I don't see anything unusual and the first heading 1 label is in the
right place. The heading number is section 2 but I clicked on it to 'restart
numbering' and it shows section 1. I tried to manually change the heading
number to 1 but it doesn't stick.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading (possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered, does the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6 sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help would
be
great.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, you are really confused now. A SECTION field is not the same as a
section break, which is what you have inserted. When you insert a section
break, the portion of the document following it becomes Section 2. If you
inserted a SECTION field in your page number (that is, the page number was
made up of a SECTION field and a PAGE field), then the leading number would
be 2 because it is the number of the section.

It appears, however, that you have done this correctly, using the "Include
chapter number" option, pointing to your numbered headings. Now you need to
find out why your headings are being numbered incorrectly. If your "first"
numbered heading is being numbered 2 until you diddle with it, then that's
because there is another paragraph (or perhaps even the section break
itself) in that style preceding it, and that is numbered 1. This is what you
need to track down. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
for some troubleshooting tips that will help with this. Make sure there is a
paragraph mark before your section break, and that that paragraph mark is
NOT formatted as Heading 1 (or whatever heading style you're using in the
page numbers).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I am using the section field. Should I not use the section field for the
first section? I think I need to because the first two pages are the
table
of contents and table of figures, etc. When I inserted the page numbers I
did use the include chapter number option. When I view the details of the
page, I don't see anything unusual and the first heading 1 label is in the
right place. The heading number is section 2 but I clicked on it to
'restart
numbering' and it shows section 1. I tried to manually change the heading
number to 1 but it doesn't stick.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading
(possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered, does
the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6
sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break
after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the
first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The
second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out
why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help
would
be
great.

[Dawn Crosier, MVP]

David -

What I would do to have each of your sections have the proper paging is use
the following codes:

Page { Page } of { SectionPages } This will give you page 1 of 20 (assuming
twenty pages in this section).

To insert it:
Place your cursor in your footer section.
Type Page
Press CTRL+F9 to insert {} (which is field braces)
Place your cursor between the braces and type Page
Place your cursor to the right of the final brace and type of
Press CTRL+F9 to insert another set of field braces
Place your curser between the braces and type SectionPages

Select the entire paragraph and press F9 to update the fields.

Let me know if that is not what you want. (You may need to format the
footer to start at page 1)

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions
to the group so that others can learn as well.
"david" wrote in message
...
I am using the section field. Should I not use the section field for the
first section? I think I need to because the first two pages are the
table
of contents and table of figures, etc. When I inserted the page numbers I
did use the include chapter number option. When I view the details of the
page, I don't see anything unusual and the first heading 1 label is in the
right place. The heading number is section 2 but I clicked on it to
'restart
numbering' and it shows section 1. I tried to manually change the heading
number to 1 but it doesn't stick.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading
(possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered, does
the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6
sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break
after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the
first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The
second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help
would
be
great.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is not what he wants. He wants the "section number" (not the SECTION
field but actually the chapter number) included in his page numbers such
that it will show up in the TOC.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Dawn Crosier, MVP" wrote in message
...
David -

What I would do to have each of your sections have the proper paging is
use
the following codes:

Page { Page } of { SectionPages } This will give you page 1 of 20
(assuming
twenty pages in this section).

To insert it:
Place your cursor in your footer section.
Type Page
Press CTRL+F9 to insert {} (which is field braces)
Place your cursor between the braces and type Page
Place your cursor to the right of the final brace and type of
Press CTRL+F9 to insert another set of field braces
Place your curser between the braces and type SectionPages

Select the entire paragraph and press F9 to update the fields.

Let me know if that is not what you want. (You may need to format the
footer to start at page 1)

--
Dawn Crosier
Microsoft MVP
"Education Lasts a Lifetime"

This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions
to the group so that others can learn as well.
"david" wrote in message
...
I am using the section field. Should I not use the section field for the
first section? I think I need to because the first two pages are the
table
of contents and table of figures, etc. When I inserted the page numbers
I
did use the include chapter number option. When I view the details of
the
page, I don't see anything unusual and the first heading 1 label is in
the
right place. The heading number is section 2 but I clicked on it to
'restart
numbering' and it shows section 1. I tried to manually change the
heading
number to 1 but it doesn't stick.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the
section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to
the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading
(possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered,
does
the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6
sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break
after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section
after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the
first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The
second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out
why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help
would
be
great.

[David]

Well, I checked everything prior to the section break and I found nothing
else with Heading 1, except one thing but that didn't help. I looked at that
page you linked for me and I used the reveal codes option and it didn't help
either. This is so annoying. I have another problem too. In my captions,
there is an extra section field, so it reads 2-0-1 for example. Do you know
how to get rid of a section field?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Ah, you are really confused now. A SECTION field is not the same as a
section break, which is what you have inserted. When you insert a section
break, the portion of the document following it becomes Section 2. If you
inserted a SECTION field in your page number (that is, the page number was
made up of a SECTION field and a PAGE field), then the leading number would
be 2 because it is the number of the section.

It appears, however, that you have done this correctly, using the "Include
chapter number" option, pointing to your numbered headings. Now you need to
find out why your headings are being numbered incorrectly. If your "first"
numbered heading is being numbered 2 until you diddle with it, then that's
because there is another paragraph (or perhaps even the section break
itself) in that style preceding it, and that is numbered 1. This is what you
need to track down. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
for some troubleshooting tips that will help with this. Make sure there is a
paragraph mark before your section break, and that that paragraph mark is
NOT formatted as Heading 1 (or whatever heading style you're using in the
page numbers).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I am using the section field. Should I not use the section field for the
first section? I think I need to because the first two pages are the
table
of contents and table of figures, etc. When I inserted the page numbers I
did use the include chapter number option. When I view the details of the
page, I don't see anything unusual and the first heading 1 label is in the
right place. The heading number is section 2 but I clicked on it to
'restart
numbering' and it shows section 1. I tried to manually change the heading
number to 1 but it doesn't stick.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading
(possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered, does
the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6
sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break
after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the
first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The
second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out
why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help
would
be
great.

[David]

Can I send you my word file to see if you can figure it out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Ah, you are really confused now. A SECTION field is not the same as a
section break, which is what you have inserted. When you insert a section
break, the portion of the document following it becomes Section 2. If you
inserted a SECTION field in your page number (that is, the page number was
made up of a SECTION field and a PAGE field), then the leading number would
be 2 because it is the number of the section.

It appears, however, that you have done this correctly, using the "Include
chapter number" option, pointing to your numbered headings. Now you need to
find out why your headings are being numbered incorrectly. If your "first"
numbered heading is being numbered 2 until you diddle with it, then that's
because there is another paragraph (or perhaps even the section break
itself) in that style preceding it, and that is numbered 1. This is what you
need to track down. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
for some troubleshooting tips that will help with this. Make sure there is a
paragraph mark before your section break, and that that paragraph mark is
NOT formatted as Heading 1 (or whatever heading style you're using in the
page numbers).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I am using the section field. Should I not use the section field for the
first section? I think I need to because the first two pages are the
table
of contents and table of figures, etc. When I inserted the page numbers I
did use the include chapter number option. When I view the details of the
page, I don't see anything unusual and the first heading 1 label is in the
right place. The heading number is section 2 but I clicked on it to
'restart
numbering' and it shows section 1. I tried to manually change the heading
number to 1 but it doesn't stick.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading
(possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered, does
the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6
sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section break
after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but the
first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The
second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure out
why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help
would
be
great.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Yes, send a small sample that exhibits the problem. In the cover email, be
sure to describe the problem adequately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
Can I send you my word file to see if you can figure it out?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Ah, you are really confused now. A SECTION field is not the same as a
section break, which is what you have inserted. When you insert a
section
break, the portion of the document following it becomes Section 2. If
you
inserted a SECTION field in your page number (that is, the page number
was
made up of a SECTION field and a PAGE field), then the leading number
would
be 2 because it is the number of the section.

It appears, however, that you have done this correctly, using the
"Include
chapter number" option, pointing to your numbered headings. Now you need
to
find out why your headings are being numbered incorrectly. If your
"first"
numbered heading is being numbered 2 until you diddle with it, then
that's
because there is another paragraph (or perhaps even the section break
itself) in that style preceding it, and that is numbered 1. This is what
you
need to track down. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
for some troubleshooting tips that will help with this. Make sure there
is a
paragraph mark before your section break, and that that paragraph mark
is
NOT formatted as Heading 1 (or whatever heading style you're using in
the
page numbers).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I am using the section field. Should I not use the section field for
the
first section? I think I need to because the first two pages are the
table
of contents and table of figures, etc. When I inserted the page
numbers I
did use the include chapter number option. When I view the details of
the
page, I don't see anything unusual and the first heading 1 label is in
the
right place. The heading number is section 2 but I clicked on it to
'restart
numbering' and it shows section 1. I tried to manually change the
heading
number to 1 but it doesn't stick.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you are using the SECTION field, then 2 is correct, since the
section
after the first section break IS Section 2.

If you've used "Include chapter number" and applied autonumbering to
the
heading style that's being picked up by the page number, then this
is a
different issue. Sometimes an empty paragraph before the heading
(possibly
even before the section break) will pick up the numbering format and
be
counted as the first numbered heading. If your heading is numbered,
does
the
actual h heading numbering start with 1 or 2?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"david" wrote in message
...
I have a problem with my sections. I have a report with about 6
sections
and
a table of contents in the beginning. I put my first section
break
after
the
table of contents, and I want the first section and each section
after
that
to have page numbers with both the section and page number, but
the
first
section page numbers always say page 2-1 instead of page 1-1. The
second
section and subsequent sections read correctly. I can't figure
out
why
the
page numbers and captions don't read correctly because I changed
the
format
in the bullets menu to start at Section 1. Anyways, a little help
would
be
great.