Re: section breaks in Word 2000 gone haywire

If you're going page by page, the jump in section number just means that
there are several Continuous section breaks on the page.

If you would like to send me a *small* sample of the problem document, I'll
take a look.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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"aviation editor" <aviationeditor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:DB535692-9F40-4841-B535-252132EDE89A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> That does not show me anything. Not only are there are total of 79
sections
> in the document, but on the status bar, it jumps from, for example,
section 5
> to section 9; there is no sections 6 though 8. It's really weird. Have
you
> ever encountered such a thing?
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > On your status bar, you're seeing Section 2, Section 3, etc.? If you're
not
> > finding them, perhaps they're hidden? Try displaying nonprinting
characters
> > (or at least checking the box for "Hidden text" on the View tab of Tools
|
> > Options.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "aviation editor" <aviationeditor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > message news:C182A362-70E2-48FD-916C-1959A4317B46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Thank you for your response Suzanne. The "Browse by Section" does
take me
> > to
> > > each "section," but the section break does not show and when I try to
> > delete
> > > the paragraph mark that would contain the break, while I can delete
the
> > mark,
> > > the section still remains. I also cannot see any of the sections in
the
> > > Normal view and when I search for them using ^b, it says none exist.
Any
> > > further guidance would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
> > >
> > > > If you set the Browse Object to Browse by Section (using the button
> > between
> > > > the browse arrows at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar), can you
not
> > > > find the section breaks? FWIW, they're a lot easier to see in Normal
> > view.
> > > > You should also be able to search for them using ^b as a search
term.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > > > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > > > Words into Type
> > > > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> > newsgroup so
> > > > all may benefit.
> > > >
> > > > "aviation editor" <aviation editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in
> > > > message news:C6E2238D-9CE3-4ED7-885E-C4A3018F41B2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > > I've inherited a document that has MANY sections; however, when I
ask
> > Word
> > > > to
> > > > > "find" the section breaks, it says there aren't any. I cannot see
> > them
> > > > > either; however, I know they are there because when I "View
> > > > Header/Footer,"
> > > > > there are 30 sections within the first 22 pages of a 150-page
> > document.
> > > > Is
> > > > > there a way to completely delete all of these sections. I just
want
> > to
> > > > start
> > > > > over with inserting sections where I need them. Thanks for any
> > advise.
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >

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