How do I make the footers different on every page on Microsoft Word?

I am looking to put "page numbers" (not traditional numbering) on a section of my 37 page document. This section I'm trying to edit has numbering like 1-1, 1-2; 2-1, 2-2, 2-3; 3-1; 4-1, 4-2, etc. which is what I'm trying to put in the footer, along with the subsection's title. none of the text for the footer is on the actual page, rather on a table of contents at the beginning of this section. It's more like a novel, with the chapeter name and page number, except that neither of them are consistant for more than two pages.

I've tried the section break but inserting a footer into section two still copies it onto all the pages in section one.

To reiterate Stefan's admonition, if you put Section breaks at the end of each page you are going to have a major headache editing this document. To most users, sections are invisible until they bump into them. Each section can have three different headers and three different footers that appear on different pages. The link I gave previously shows how to insert section breaks and use them.

Again, look into the StyleRef field if what you want in the footer appears in the body of the document. Using this field you can have different content in the header/footer on every page but only have one header or footer as far as Word is concerned without the need for additional sections.

You need section breaks (not page breaks). Assuming that you are using Word 2007 or later, click Page Layout tab | Breaks | Next Page; this inserts a section break at the insertion point. Double-click the header to activate the header/footer view. Click in the footer and click to deselect the "Link to Previous" option on the Header & Footer Tools Design tab. Repeat this for each new section you have added.

Again, I don't recommend using section breaks like this. Sections are separate, in the sense that you can't have text flow from one section to the next. Also, if you add "excessive" text, a section will spill over to the next page, duplicating the footer. In other words, the document will be more difficult to maintain, if you edit it a lot.

What kind of content is it that you want to add to your footers? As I asked in a previous message, are footers repeating content already present on the page? Please explain.

Thanks for the attempt. I am indeed talking about footers, not footnotes. I am simply trying to get an elaboration on the original answer. Stefan says to insert page breaks and unlink from other footers but I am unsure on how to unlink the unique footer from any other ones.