how to insert page numbers correctly

Question

MS WORD

i tried inserting page numbers into the footer but theres something wrong with the count. it reaches 15 and then restarts back to 1, and counts again. this continues for my entire 600 page document. how to fix this? fyi, i do have section breaks, but i’ve selected ‘link to previous’

Answer 1

You can use the my free Add-In if you want to make your page numbering continuous throughout the document.

https://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#ContinuousPageNumbering

If you download it and open it without allowing macros, you will find the macro code in the document that you can use if you prefer that to allowing the macro to run directly from the Add-In. Here is a separate link to a macro (from Jay Freedman). https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/page-numbers-are-all-fouled-up-in-my-large/d188687e-9663-43e0-a450-1dbadc47f09f

Alternatively, go to each page mistakenly numbered 1 and use the Format Page Numbers dialog to say "Continue from Previous." This is a section setting.