Thanks, the text box hanging off the page header should do it. (Someone in my company might object that I've messed with the required standard header, but I can probably get away with it, since the header will be correct visually.) I can make sure the table starts at the top of a page. I can also put all the fixed text that goes next to the table page number in the text box and have the box fill the entire space of cell; that will make allignment easier.

Thanks again. It'll take some doing to implement this, but it's doable. I repeat my call for MS to add support for multiple page numbering sequences running in parallel to a Word update in the near future. Mine is the third case needing it that I've seen, and I haven't been looking long for them.