First off, I have to mention that my expertise is with InDesign and I'm not all that familiar with the features of Word. I understand that what I want to accomplish can be done, so I'm encouraged!

How do you apply the value "Number of Pages" in the footer to count sequentially throughout the entire document? I've tried every option in the "insert" menu. If you could please tell me, step-by-step, which menu option do I select?

Just so you know, in the header of each new section, I've typed the new section number with a hyphen and then inserted the PAGE value.

Thanks!