Perhaps there is a field in the footer, a field that updates and
clears your changes? Press Alt+F9. What -- if anything -- displays in
the footer?

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
> I have a document with several sections, and I'm having major problems with
> the footers. I have used different odd and even footers. When I make a change
> to one sections footers, they appear to have been made but when I save the
> doc and open up again the changes have not been saved. Help.