I’m having trouble with the running head (odd page / recto) in the last section of my manuscript. I’ve read — and re-read multiple times — the various recommended readings on sections and headings in Word. I know that the header / footer settings are controlled within each section and are controlled by the section break that follows the text. So I’m assuming that at least one of the section breaks that I’ve inserted is causing the problem.
Running heads in the headers of 13 sections of the manuscript appear as they should (static heading on even / verso pages; different heading for each section on odd / recto pages). No “first page headers” at all. All OK.
Then section 14 (“Appendix") and 15 (“Notes") don’t work. When I type the word “Appendix” in the first odd-page header of section 14, it appears in the subsequent odd-page headers of the section, as it should. BUT it continues to appear in the odd-page headers of the following section (section 15) as well. If I try to correct it by going into the first odd-page header in section 15 and typing “Notes,” then the odd-page headers in BOTH section 14 and section 15 display “Notes.” I cannot separate the two sections out so that each displays the correct header. Somehow sections 14 and 15 seem to be behaving as if they are one section, even though I have section breaks inserted.
So here’s how they are laid out from section 13 to the end:
At the end of section 13 is a “Section Break (Odd page)” leading to Appendix on odd page. All running heads in section 13 OK.
At the end of section 14 (Appendix) is a “Section Break (Odd page)” leading to Notes on odd page. The running heads in section 14 seem to be inseparable from the running heads in section 15). (see attachment).
At the end of section 15 (Notes) is a “Section Break (Continuous)” (see attachment)
Note that the single word “Notes” — which is a section HEADING, NOT A HEADER — constitutes the entire "section 15” (when I put the cursor in front of the letter “N” of the word “Notes” I see that I’m in section 15. If I place the cursor anywhere else within the word “Notes” it shows me in section 15. Nowhere else is that the case.) That single-word section was created in 2013 when I had to force the Glossary and Index to appear after the endnotes, which Word does not want to do. That trick was a minor miracle that Paul Epstein helped me accomplish in 2013 when I first created the manuscript and was having trouble getting the Index to be the last item.
I don’t know where section 16 is or what constitutes it. The next visible section is the Glossary, section 17.
At the end of section 17 (Glossary) is “Section Break (Odd page)” leading to the Index. All running heads in section 17 OK.
The Index is also fine.
So it looks like that strange “section 15”—the single-word section heading (not a header), “NOTES,” —may be where the problem is.
I would greatly appreciate any ideas. As far as I can see, this is the very last problem to solve before publishing.
Thank you, in advance.
Claire
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