You do not need a macro for this.
Under Page Layout > Breaks, insert an Odd-Page section break.

If you truly want to start the next chapter on an even-numbered-page, then you would use an Even-Page break.




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MacroPod,
Thank you for your post. I used the code shown below:

And below is the result I get:

FP: CHAPTER 9-1 / (FP: CHAPTER 9-2 Blank)

It is perfect except for the fact it displays the word "CHAPTER". The attached MultiLevel Window JPG shows my setup. From what I gather the CHAPTER text is being picked up by what is inside the "Enter formatting for number:" parameter. Deleting the CHAPTER text from this paremeter fixes the problem to what is shown below which is perfect:

FP: 9-1 / (FP: 9-2 Blank)

However, this creates a different problem which is my TOC and Chapter Divider pages need to show the word "CHAPTER" and deleting it from this parameter makes it disappear from both locations.

In short, is there a way I can hold on to the "CHAPTER" text so it continues displaying as "CHAPTER 1" in the TOC and Chapter Divider Pages but somehow prevent it from showing up in Foldout Numbering scheme?

I hope you or anybody in this community can suggest a work around solution. Thank you.

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CHAPTER 9 comes from your StyleRef field. Substitute 9 for the field.

Yes, well you didn't tell us you have the 'CHAPTER ' prefix in the Heading Numbering!

If you used the field code I posted, it would have returned:
FP:9-1 / (FP: CHAPTER 9-2 Blank)
to return:
FP:9-1 / (FP: 9-2 Blank)
use:
FP:{Page} / (FP: {QUOTE{SET Chapter {StyleRef "Heading 1" \r}}{=Chapter}}-{={Page \# 0}+1} Blank)

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Macropod,
Thank you for your post. I am going to test out your newly posted code with my fingers crossed because the code Charles Kenyon posted shown below has a problem all its own.

The problem is the "9" drops from the autogenerated FIGURE LIST. It only shows:

5
7
9

and not:

9-5
9-7
9-9

Honestly, I find it hard to understand why all the years WORD has been around this numbering scheme remains very complicated to execute. Just my two cents. Nevertheless, thanks for the help and will repost soon with an update.

It's not Word's numbering scheme that's complicated; it's your unusual requirement that complicates things.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Macropod,
Just to let you and everybody following this thread the last code you posted works perfectly. It fixes the problem with the disappearing Chapter Number in the Figure list and also fixes the problem with the Chapter Text showing up in the numbering. That is an awesome piece of coding everybody in the publishing business should know. Again, thanks for your help. You got me out of a real tight spot.

This problem can be considered SOLVED.