Header & Section breaks

Usually this is a simple task, today it's a different story...I have a
document with only 3 section breaks. I have the pages set up so that there is
a different first page for each section. I need a header in section 2, and
footer in section 3. the problem is that what should be section 2 says it is
section 3, and what says is section 4 should be section 3 and when I add the
header for what should be section 2, it displays in all sections following
even though I have "same as previous" turned off. Then when I try to go to
the next section from what should be section 2 it wont go to the next
section. However, if I go to what should be section 3 and go to previous
section it goes just fine, until I click to go to next section.
Any help is appreciated.
thx
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JenPrl

Hi Jen,

It sounds like you have one or more corrupted section breaks. It happens...
The headers and footers are stored "in" the section breaks (well, it's more
complicated than that, but that's the way they behave), so getting rid of
them should fix the problem.

Make a new blank document and insert three section breaks in it. Set up your
headers and footers the way you want them -- what you describe should work.

Then copy the body of each section from the original document *but not the
section break* and paste it into the corresponding section of the new
document. When you're copying the last section, don't include the final
paragraph mark.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

JenPrl wrote:
Usually this is a simple task, today it's a different story...I have a
document with only 3 section breaks. I have the pages set up so that
there is a different first page for each section. I need a header in
section 2, and footer in section 3. the problem is that what should
be section 2 says it is section 3, and what says is section 4 should
be section 3 and when I add the header for what should be section 2,
it displays in all sections following even though I have "same as
previous" turned off. Then when I try to go to the next section from
what should be section 2 it wont go to the next section. However, if
I go to what should be section 3 and go to previous section it goes
just fine, until I click to go to next section. Any help is
appreciated. thx

Hi Jen,

It sounds like you have one or more corrupted section breaks. It happens...
The headers and footers are stored "in" the section breaks (well, it's more
complicated than that, but that's the way they behave), so getting rid of
them should fix the problem.

Make a new blank document and insert three section breaks in it. Set up your
headers and footers the way you want them -- what you describe should work.

Then copy the body of each section from the original document *but not the
section break* and paste it into the corresponding section of the new
document. When you're copying the last section, don't include the final
paragraph mark.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

JenPrl wrote:
Usually this is a simple task, today it's a different story...I have a
document with only 3 section breaks. I have the pages set up so that
there is a different first page for each section. I need a header in
section 2, and footer in section 3. the problem is that what should
be section 2 says it is section 3, and what says is section 4 should
be section 3 and when I add the header for what should be section 2,
it displays in all sections following even though I have "same as
previous" turned off. Then when I try to go to the next section from
what should be section 2 it wont go to the next section. However, if
I go to what should be section 3 and go to previous section it goes
just fine, until I click to go to next section. Any help is
appreciated. thx

Thank you so much Jay! You are my hero of the day!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Hi Jen,

It sounds like you have one or more corrupted section breaks. It happens...
The headers and footers are stored "in" the section breaks (well, it's more
complicated than that, but that's the way they behave), so getting rid of
them should fix the problem.

Make a new blank document and insert three section breaks in it. Set up your
headers and footers the way you want them -- what you describe should work.

Then copy the body of each section from the original document *but not the
section break* and paste it into the corresponding section of the new
document. When you're copying the last section, don't include the final
paragraph mark.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

JenPrl wrote:
Usually this is a simple task, today it's a different story...I have a
document with only 3 section breaks. I have the pages set up so that
there is a different first page for each section. I need a header in
section 2, and footer in section 3. the problem is that what should
be section 2 says it is section 3, and what says is section 4 should
be section 3 and when I add the header for what should be section 2,
it displays in all sections following even though I have "same as
previous" turned off. Then when I try to go to the next section from
what should be section 2 it wont go to the next section. However, if
I go to what should be section 3 and go to previous section it goes
just fine, until I click to go to next section. Any help is
appreciated. thx

Thank you so much Jay! You are my hero of the day!

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Hi Jen,

It sounds like you have one or more corrupted section breaks. It happens...
The headers and footers are stored "in" the section breaks (well, it's more
complicated than that, but that's the way they behave), so getting rid of
them should fix the problem.

Make a new blank document and insert three section breaks in it. Set up your
headers and footers the way you want them -- what you describe should work.

Then copy the body of each section from the original document *but not the
section break* and paste it into the corresponding section of the new
document. When you're copying the last section, don't include the final
paragraph mark.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

JenPrl wrote:
Usually this is a simple task, today it's a different story...I have a
document with only 3 section breaks. I have the pages set up so that
there is a different first page for each section. I need a header in
section 2, and footer in section 3. the problem is that what should
be section 2 says it is section 3, and what says is section 4 should
be section 3 and when I add the header for what should be section 2,
it displays in all sections following even though I have "same as
previous" turned off. Then when I try to go to the next section from
what should be section 2 it wont go to the next section. However, if
I go to what should be section 3 and go to previous section it goes
just fine, until I click to go to next section. Any help is
appreciated. thx