Numbering Issues

[Huston]

I was brought a document to get the proper numbers on each page. When ever
I go to start a new section it continues off the old numbering. I can't get
it to change this. I am currently at 117(j). I need to go 118(a-i). If I
go to the next page and put 118 in, it puts it all through the 117's. I
have a 124 pages to fix, and section 118, I can hopefully get this fixed as
I think it is the same issue through the whole document.. Thanks in
advance.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

While it is not necessary to unlink headers/footers to change the number
format or restart numbering, it is necessary if you want to change anything
else about the header/footer. This would include omitting the number
entirely (a common request) as well as adding a letter of some sort to the
number, which appears to be what you're doing.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

View | Header and Footer in the appropriate section and click the "Link to
Previous" or "Same as Previous" button on the Header and Footer toolbar to
unlink the header/footer from the previous section. For more, see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm.

It sounds, though, as if your issue is with the numbering itself. Click the
Format Page Number button on the H&F toolbar and make sure the numbering is
set to "Continue from previous section." Also, if you're actually seeing 118
on every page, make sure that what you have is a PAGE field and not just
plain text.

 

[Huston]

Okay, how do I go about unlinking them. The document counts fine up until
117(j), but if I go about trying to go on to 118, it puts that in all the
footers. I guess I can't figure out how the original author numbered it or
formatted the headers or footers, but the document has to fit a certain
format, and cannot be altered... I have it corrected up until the 117(j),
but it was also the first part of the document with subsections. Any ideas
or help would be appreciated.. Thanks

 

[Huston]

I actually went through and hit those buttons already in View - Header and
Footer. It is actually the numbering itself I am having the issue with. I
went and checked the"continue from a previous section, and it throws my
numbers off even worse. Is there anyway I can delete all numbering format
and start over? Any more suggestions to try? Thanks again for your help.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the numbering is up to 117 in the previous section, it should start with
118 in the current section, but you can go back to Section 1 and make sure
that each subsequent section has "Continue from previous section" selected.
Use the Show Next button on the H&F toolbar to advance from section to
section and use Format Page Number in each one.