Hi Marcia,


I'm sorry but I do not understand "footer section." This is due to my immersion in Word jargon, I guess.


A Section is a part of a Word document that ends in a Section break or mark. In a document with one Section, that mark is the last paragraph mark in the document.


Each Section has three footers, the main footer, the first-page footer and the even-page footer. These may or may not all be displayed.
A Section can be in the middle of a page, thus showing no footers.
Sections / Headers and Footers in Microsoft Word (Ribbon Versions)
A Section has footers. A footer does not have Sections.



Here is a link to an Add-In to produce continuous page numbering in a document.
Continuous Page Numbering Add-In



A footer occupies space on a page. Is that what you mean by footer section?