creating a book from a word document

Colleen Conklin 0 Reputation points
2026-07-12T23:55:08.3933333+00:00

I am trying to create a personal 8 x 11 bound book using Microsoft Word.

The book is long about 400 pages with footnotes. When I add page numbers to the book about half way in it starts to number the pages from 1. It shows the correct number of pages in the computer word document, but I cannot choose a specific page to print. It prints the entire document.

How can I fix the corrupt file?

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
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Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2026-07-13T01:27:30.0266667+00:00

Your description indicates that there is a section break; this is necessary to restart the page numbering. Whenever a document includes section breaks, it is necessary to include the section number along with the page number when printing. If you add Formatted Page Number and Section Number to the status bar, it will be easy to see the syntax, which is pxsx.

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For more, see https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/Formatting/PrintMultipleSections.htm

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