Yeah that apparent setting in the dialog of applying odd\even to a single Section has driven me bonkers for years. AFAIK it has been that way since 97. It has been mentioned as an error for a very very long time. I doubt it will change any time soon. I don't know why it would be a problem to make it reality, as I see no objection from a Object Model point of view. There may be issues with the backward retreat when you delete a Section break (the previous Section takes the quality of the Section being deleted), but really can it be that hard.