page number reset does not stick after update all fields

[Abeness]

I've got a ~400 page doc, just over 4 megs (horrors, I know. I'd rather
be using Ventura!) with extensive xrefs and TOC entries. It started as a
massive RTF file generated by a help file decompiler, now a Word doc
that has been extensively reordered. The page numbering of the 4th
section is supposed to restart with numeral "1", while the preceding
sections (front matter) are numbered with roman numerals.

Strangely, when I select the entire document and hit F9 to update all
the xrefs, TOC, Index, Word insists on resetting the page numbering of
section 4 to continue from previous, and it resets to "21".

I've disconnected the footers of each section from the preceding, tried
resetting the page number at each section to start at a specific number
(the first 3 sections *could* continue the page numbering from the
previous section). I'm using Insert, Page Numbers, Format to reset the
numbering, as usual. Nothing seems to stop this peculiar (buggy) reset
of the numbering at section 4. Additionally, Insert Page numbers behaves
badly, and insists on inserting the number in a stupid text frame and
mucking with my footer formatting, instead of simply adjusting the
number of my existing inserted page number (not in a frame).

The first para of the section is tagged with a style that calls for a
page break before, and it was preceded by a section break (next page). I
tried overriding the style, removing the PB before. I also tried
converting the break between sections 2 and 3 to a simple page break, so
that the problem section is now section 3. No change. The page number
setting still resets to "continue from previous" after an update of all
fields.

Now, it *looks* like the xrefs and TOC (and hopefully the index, though
I haven't looked) are correct after I reset the numbering back to "1"
after the update, but can I rely on this? Any suggestions as to how to
fix this problem? I do have all patches applied.

Thanks,

Abe

 

[Abeness]

now a Word doc

Sorry--managed to edit out "2002"--all patches applied.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This won't address your major problem, but may help a little: Don't use
Insert | Page Numbers at all. To insert page numbers, use the Insert Page
Number button on the header and footer toolbar. To format them, use the
Format Page Number button. If you must go through Insert | Page Numbers, (a)
make sure you're in the correct section when you do so (sometimes more
difficult to tell than when you're in the header/footer pane), and (b) be
sure to close the dialog using Close rather than OK so that you don't insert
a new page number frame.

 

[Abeness]

To insert page numbers, use the Insert Page
Number button on the header and footer toolbar. To format them, use the
Format Page Number button.

Thanks, Suzanne. I'm already inserting the p.n.'s via the header/footer
toolbar, but am glad to learn about the Format Page Number button, which
I hadn't noticed. That's a lot less clunky than Insert Page Number, for
sure. Thanks also for reminding me that Close still applies that
setting--I was used to this with changing e.g. footnote settings, but
hadn't glommed onto it here.

Since it appears that the xrefs are correct despite no update of all
fields, I guess I'll just have to live with the bug here, and remember
to readjust the p.n. if I do have to update all. Grrrr.

Abe