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All pages are stuck on the same page number, word 2013

I'm typing a document with a lot of sections. With the first section, the page numbers went fine. I inserted a section break, and then page numbers. The first two pages look ok but then the rest of the pages are stuck on "2"! I tried updating the fields with F9, removing the page numbers and re-inserting, I even tried a round-about way to just start the numbering from "3" but then it skipped over to starting at "4". I should add that a few pages later, the document does decide to cooperate and picks up on the correct numbering. HELP!!
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Either you have restarted the page number in one of the sections, and every subsequent section is restarting at the same number (and you have a LOT of sections), or (more likely) the page number has just been typed.

Try this:

  1. Delete the current page number.
  2. Press Alt+Shift+P to insert a PAGE field.
  3. In the Header & Footer group of the contextual Header & Footer Tools | Design tab, click Page Number and choose Format Page Numbers...
  4. In the Page Number Format dialog, choose the radio button for "Continue from previous section."
  5. Repeat for each successive section.
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After you have removed page numbers from the affected footers, carefully reinsert them by pressing Alt+Shift+P (in the appropriate locations). You can make sure that page number fields get inserted by using the Alt+F9 toggle.

If numbers are still restarting in unexpected places, you have more section breaks than you think. Run the following macro to ensure that page numbering continues across sections:

Sub SetContPageNum()
    Dim s As Section
    For Each s In ActiveDocument.Sections
        s.Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) _
        .PageNumbers.RestartNumberingAtSection = False
    Next s
End Sub

For assistance with the macro, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.
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