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Page numbers not working in sections

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Hello,

I have three sections in my Word document.  Section 1 is the first two pages.  Section 2 are pages 3 and 4 and Section 3 is pages 5-10.  When I insert pages number i and ii on page 3 and 4 it also adds them to pages 1 and 2.  When I delete them and add page number to page five (1) it doesn't add page numbers 2-5, but it adds i to Section 1 page 1.

I have tried deleting the section breaks and reinserting, but it doesn't help.

Any help would be appreciated.

Candace

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You need to unlink the headers\footers in the second and third sections from those in the first section of the document.

You can do it manually via the Header & Footers>Design tab of the ribbon, which will appear when you have the selection in the header or footer, or, by running a macro that contains the following code

Dim i As Long, j As Long
With ActiveDocument
    For i = 2 To .Sections.count
        With .Sections(i)
            For j = 1 To .Headers.count
                .Headers(j).LinkToPrevious = False
            Next j
            For j = 1 To .Footers.count
                .Footers(j).LinkToPrevious = False
            Next j
        End With
    Next i
End With

Hope this helps,
Doug Robbins - MVP Office Apps & Services (Word)
dougrobbinsmvp@gmail.com
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Last updated February 20, 2024 Views 1,514 Applies to: