Hi Andrew, if that is the case (i.e. deleting the section break changes the Page Setup/Headers/Footers of the PRECEDING section since this is how Word works), then it sounds like both procedures -- that which you have suggested here and that which Paul suggested as a workaround -- have an identical outcome that I will need to create the headers and footers of the preceding section again. Ok, will do. I had been trying to find out an approach which would avoid this, but it doesn't sound like there is any way. Is this intentional on the part of the designers of MS Word, or is it an oversight? What I mean is, is this the result of something I did wrong, or is this an error on the part of MS Word?