Read the entire page How to control the page numbering in a Word document. You need the information on creating fields and field calculation. I do not intend to answer any further unless you tell me that you have read the entire page.

I have not used Word on a Mac since the 1990's but suspect that you can find the method for inserting a field on the Insert Tab under Quick Parts.

Your header seems to be taking care of itself.

The fields you need for your footer are the PAGE field and the SECTIONPAGES field. In each section, you need to put a SECTIONPAGES field. This will give the number of pages in the section (total).

If you do not want this number to actually show in the document, that is fine. Use font formatting to mark it as hidden.



NOTE I have been working to do a document to demonstrate this and have not been able to do so.

I've read every link that has been shared in this thread and it just doesn't work. I've searched endlessly on the Internet (YouTube, Forums, Blogs, etc.) to no avail.

I'm trying a reverse process now ... The document is numbered sequentially in the footer using Insert/PageNumbers menus and it is working fine. The header, of course, continues to share the same page number as the footer. I've tried every Field code that has to do with numbering pages and sections and nothing works. I'm starting to think it is not possible. Maybe, I'll just have to manually number the Headers—even though that will not be effecient! If you can share anything further, please do ... its much appreciated. Thanks!