Sorry that you are still having trouble. I tried several different ways and cannot get my Office Word to do what you describe. Usually, I type what I want for a "Title" then type the body of the document, spell check, etc.......Then I highlight the type and tell it to make two (2) columns. Then I go to the header/footer section and tell it to put in footer with page numbers. The page numbers run consecutively, 1, 2, 3, etc. For me it works every time. Hope it does for you, too.