I'm not sure I understand what's going on here. Ordinarily the odd page is
the "front" of a page (recto) and the even side is the back (verso). Even if
your printer prints in reverse order, I would guess that this would be
Word's understanding of the situation. If not, perhaps choosing "Reverse
print order" would be more helpful. In any case, Word will insist on the
first page after an even page break having an even number (and the same for
odd page breaks and numbers).

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> I have a document that flips back and forth between legal and letter
> size paper. The document is to be duplexed such that each section
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> Any ideas??
> Thanks