I'm working on a document in Word 11 for Mac.

I have multiple sections: one with no page numbers, one with lower-case roman numerals, and one with regular numbers.

I can set these up easily.

Here's the issue: The numbers keep changing and doing wonky things when I leave the document and return and sometimes when I save the document.



I've seen nothing about this issue. I'm working on a 150 page mss for a client and am totally stuck on this.

Any ideas?

If you can get the document onto a Windows machine with Word 2007 or later you can use Word Toolkit for Advanced Management of Word Headers and Footers to figure out what is happening.

Otherwise, if you can post a portion of the document where the problem pops up here, someone can take a look at it.
How to attach a screenshot or file in this forum.

I have no idea why it changes upon closing/reopening.
I suspect either a poorly-written Add-In or that you have the document set up to update styles from the template upon opening. Those are guesses and probably not even close to accurate. They are things that can cause problems that occur when a document is reopened.

Thank you for your suggestions. I tried to install the toolkit you mentioned only to realize that it's only for PC. I am on a Mac & have Word 2011 for Mac.

I'll attach a file, etc., as you suggested, but, before I waste your time, am I in the right place for help with Word for Mac? I'm sorry if I'm in the wrong place.

I'm not sure there is a right place.
I can help straighten your document out but I can't tell you how to do it in Word 2011. I should be able to spot what is wrong and tell you where to make changes.

Thank you for being so helpful, but I figured it out!!!!

In my section headers, I had "link to previous section" checked. By unchecking it, I was able to simply put in the right ones and Word did not monkey with them (it was doing it when it saved, apparently).

Here's the link to the page that helped me, in case anyone else runs into this type of problem:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...7-8d03ec98d239

Thanks again!

Here is another resources:
Page Numbers in Word 2007-2016