Page Numbering Problem

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Randy

Hello, I have a document in which I want the page
numbering to start at 25. But every time I instruct it to
start at 25, it gives 2 pages of 23s and then a 24, 25 and
so on. So I created a new document and pasted everything,
but the problem just repeats itself. I even created a
third document and tried pasting just the first page of
the original AFTER I numbered the blank page 25, and it
STILL reverted back to 23. What gives??

Thanks for any advice
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Does the document have any section breaks? (That is, when you put the
insertion point on the last page, does the status bar still say Sec 1?) If
so, that's likely the cause of the problem. The solution may well require
removing the section breaks temporarily, sorting out the numbering, then
reinserting them.

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randall

Thank you Suzanne! Yes, the pages where I am having the
problem do have section breaks. I'll try your suggestion.

Randy
 
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