Thanks Charles. I followed the instructions to the letter and I'm afraid the pink is still showing when I select Add Page Number. The only thing I did that wasn't in your details was at the end of your instructions, I clicked over to the INSERT tab from the HOME tab to choose the Page Number.

Also, at the beginning of your instructions, Alt+Shift+P showed the number 1 where the cursor was but there was no pink shading present as you had indicated.

Any ideas on what to try next?

Thanks.

kev