If you suspect this is the case, then save the document using Save As to see if it clears matters up. This is not entirely uncommon with complex Word documents and it can be even more common if you are working with Track Changes or have lots of graphics or tables.
It could be, however, that your document is large enough and complex enough that it has become, in some fashion, unstable. If you are only using "Next Page" section breaks in your document, then you can select the entire document and apply the section settings to all sections at once. In that case, there really is no solution, other than to double-check section break settings after adding new breaks. The problem, more than likely, is that Word is trying to "second guess" what type of section breaks you want. Lately when he inserts a "Next Page" section break the previous section break, which was also "Next Page," automatically changes to "Continuous." Pete wonders if there is a reason why this happens and, perhaps, if there is a limit on the number of "Next Page" section breaks there can be in a document.Īccording to Microsoft sources, there is no limit on the number of section breaks in a document. There are many, many section breaks in the document, since this is necessary which switching between page orientations. Pete is currently generating a large document (approximately 540 pages) that utilizes both portrait and landscape page orientations.