[Shawna]

I have a very long document which needs to have occasional column(s) on
random pages. The next page after every page with one or more columns on it,
reverts back to a previous section (they all revert to the same section 1
footer and become page 2 - my sections/columns don't start until around page
40) I started over by completely removed all formatting that caused sections,
turned on page #ing and then began adding my columns back in and had the same
problem. I've followed previous posts and gone into every section on a page
and made sure that the formatting for each section for the page # was set to
continuous in every section and this is still not solving my page # problem.
I appreciate any assistance.

[Stefan Blom]

Note that if you have continuous sections limited to part of a page, you
won't see their headers and footers. Temporarily insert manual page breaks so
that you can see all headers and footers. You can then locate the section
that restarts the page number.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"shawna" wrote:

I have a very long document which needs to have occasional column(s) on
random pages. The next page after every page with one or more columns on it,
reverts back to a previous section (they all revert to the same section 1
footer and become page 2 - my sections/columns don't start until around page
40) I started over by completely removed all formatting that caused sections,
turned on page #ing and then began adding my columns back in and had the same
problem. I've followed previous posts and gone into every section on a page
and made sure that the formatting for each section for the page # was set to
continuous in every section and this is still not solving my page # problem.
I appreciate any assistance.

[Shawna]

I've used the show/hide and gone into every section on an individual page (I
know I've hit every one because of the # of sections per page vs the number
the section increased from one page footer to the next). I've checked every
section on each page individually and made sure that they each are set to
continuous from previous section. So I don't need to see the header/footer
for each section on a page - I should just need to go into each section and
set the footer to continuous from previous - which I've done. This should do
the same thing as what you're asking - correct?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you have continuous sections limited to part of a page, you
won't see their headers and footers. Temporarily insert manual page breaks so
that you can see all headers and footers. You can then locate the section
that restarts the page number.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"shawna" wrote:

I have a very long document which needs to have occasional column(s) on
random pages. The next page after every page with one or more columns on it,
reverts back to a previous section (they all revert to the same section 1
footer and become page 2 - my sections/columns don't start until around page
40) I started over by completely removed all formatting that caused sections,
turned on page #ing and then began adding my columns back in and had the same
problem. I've followed previous posts and gone into every section on a page
and made sure that the formatting for each section for the page # was set to
continuous in every section and this is still not solving my page # problem.
I appreciate any assistance.

[Stefan Blom]

Note that if you do have a section preceded and followed by a continuous
section break, and if that section is limited to part of a page, you cannot
see its headers and footers, which is why the temporary page break is
needed. After you've inserted the page break, you can access headers and
footers in order to unlink them and/or change settings of the Page Number
Format dialog box.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"shawna" wrote in message
...
I've used the show/hide and gone into every section on an individual page
(I
know I've hit every one because of the # of sections per page vs the
number
the section increased from one page footer to the next). I've checked
every
section on each page individually and made sure that they each are set to
continuous from previous section. So I don't need to see the
header/footer
for each section on a page - I should just need to go into each section
and
set the footer to continuous from previous - which I've done. This should
do
the same thing as what you're asking - correct?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you have continuous sections limited to part of a page, you
won't see their headers and footers. Temporarily insert manual page
breaks so
that you can see all headers and footers. You can then locate the section
that restarts the page number.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"shawna" wrote:

I have a very long document which needs to have occasional column(s) on
random pages. The next page after every page with one or more columns
on it,
reverts back to a previous section (they all revert to the same section
1
footer and become page 2 - my sections/columns don't start until around
page
40) I started over by completely removed all formatting that caused
sections,
turned on page #ing and then began adding my columns back in and had
the same
problem. I've followed previous posts and gone into every section on a
page
and made sure that the formatting for each section for the page # was
set to
continuous in every section and this is still not solving my page #
problem.
I appreciate any assistance.

[Shawna]

I actually ended up finding a macro (I believe you may have written it if I
remember correctly) that was for a large document to get all the sections to
be the same. That was a different scenario than mine, but it actually worked
perfectly. I was trying to find the original post I found it on it to
repaste it here for others searching for answers, and I can't find the right
posting. Thanks for your help though.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you do have a section preceded and followed by a continuous
section break, and if that section is limited to part of a page, you cannot
see its headers and footers, which is why the temporary page break is
needed. After you've inserted the page break, you can access headers and
footers in order to unlink them and/or change settings of the Page Number
Format dialog box.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"shawna" wrote in message
...
I've used the show/hide and gone into every section on an individual page
(I
know I've hit every one because of the # of sections per page vs the
number
the section increased from one page footer to the next). I've checked
every
section on each page individually and made sure that they each are set to
continuous from previous section. So I don't need to see the
header/footer
for each section on a page - I should just need to go into each section
and
set the footer to continuous from previous - which I've done. This should
do
the same thing as what you're asking - correct?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you have continuous sections limited to part of a page, you
won't see their headers and footers. Temporarily insert manual page
breaks so
that you can see all headers and footers. You can then locate the section
that restarts the page number.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"shawna" wrote:

I have a very long document which needs to have occasional column(s) on
random pages. The next page after every page with one or more columns
on it,
reverts back to a previous section (they all revert to the same section
1
footer and become page 2 - my sections/columns don't start until around
page
40) I started over by completely removed all formatting that caused
sections,
turned on page #ing and then began adding my columns back in and had
the same
problem. I've followed previous posts and gone into every section on a
page
and made sure that the formatting for each section for the page # was
set to
continuous in every section and this is still not solving my page #
problem.
I appreciate any assistance.

[Stefan Blom]

Well, a macro might certainly be a quicker solution in cases such as this
one.

I do recall creating a (simple) macro to turn off the linkage between
sections awhile back, but I thought we were talking of the page numbering
here?

Anyway, I'm glad you got it sorted.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"shawna" wrote in message
...
I actually ended up finding a macro (I believe you may have written it if I
remember correctly) that was for a large document to get all the sections
to
be the same. That was a different scenario than mine, but it actually
worked
perfectly. I was trying to find the original post I found it on it to
repaste it here for others searching for answers, and I can't find the
right
posting. Thanks for your help though.


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you do have a section preceded and followed by a continuous
section break, and if that section is limited to part of a page, you
cannot
see its headers and footers, which is why the temporary page break is
needed. After you've inserted the page break, you can access headers and
footers in order to unlink them and/or change settings of the Page Number
Format dialog box.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"shawna" wrote in message
...
I've used the show/hide and gone into every section on an individual
page
(I
know I've hit every one because of the # of sections per page vs the
number
the section increased from one page footer to the next). I've checked
every
section on each page individually and made sure that they each are set
to
continuous from previous section. So I don't need to see the
header/footer
for each section on a page - I should just need to go into each section
and
set the footer to continuous from previous - which I've done. This
should
do
the same thing as what you're asking - correct?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Note that if you have continuous sections limited to part of a page,
you
won't see their headers and footers. Temporarily insert manual page
breaks so
that you can see all headers and footers. You can then locate the
section
that restarts the page number.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"shawna" wrote:

I have a very long document which needs to have occasional column(s)
on
random pages. The next page after every page with one or more
columns
on it,
reverts back to a previous section (they all revert to the same
section
1
footer and become page 2 - my sections/columns don't start until
around
page
40) I started over by completely removed all formatting that caused
sections,
turned on page #ing and then began adding my columns back in and had
the same
problem. I've followed previous posts and gone into every section
on a
page
and made sure that the formatting for each section for the page #
was
set to
continuous in every section and this is still not solving my page #
problem.
I appreciate any assistance.