I am converting a large document from an older version of Word. When I
insert a section break which is to start on a new page, the page number goes
up two digits instead of one. For instance, I insert a section break on page
121. The page after the section break should be page #122, but instead it
becomes #123. But there is no extra page inserted. I've tried deleting
every section break and re-inserting them, but the same thing happens: Word
adds an extra page number.
I also tried saving the document as a .docx, but that doesn't help, either.
This is a professional document, which will eventually be published. I
really need help on this.
Thanks very much.
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 23 Jan 2008 00:45 GMT
Word has converted your Next Page break to an Odd Page break. I won't go
into why it sometimes does this, but you can sometimes reverse the damage by
changing the section start type on the Layout tab of Page Setup.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
>I am converting a large document from an older version of Word. When I
> insert a section break which is to start on a new page, the page number
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> Thanks very much.
rontiara - 26 Jan 2008 03:22 GMT
I tried that. It didn't work. Ten hours of work wasted. I guess I go back
to WordPerfect.
Thanks anyhow.
> Word has converted your Next Page break to an Odd Page break. I won't go
> into why it sometimes does this, but you can sometimes reverse the damage by
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> > Thanks very much.
Suzanne S. Barnhill - 26 Jan 2008 04:38 GMT
I can assure you that the situation is as I describe. Were you unable to
change the section start type from Odd Page to New Page?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
>I tried that. It didn't work. Ten hours of work wasted. I guess I go
>back
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>> > Thanks very much.