page number skipped

[catbill]

I was playing around with restarting page numbering. One of the methods inserted a page break in the first paragraph of the page where numbering should restart. This resulted in a blank page before that page. I tried to delete the page break and the extra page.

The result is that the page numbering now misses a page. Oddly, the missing page is the page after (not before) the page I wanted to restart numbering on. So, the numbering now goes from page 5 to page 7 with no page 6. The page style is Default, with settings for different footers on odd and even pages. No other even pages are missing.

I don’t understand why page 6 now thinks it is page 7 and would appreciate some insights about what causes this and how to fix it.

[ajlittoz]

Check the page style to see if it some weird one with an automatic Next Style. Check page style properties whether it is forced ot only left/right. Also, with formatting characters display enabled, check if you have an extra manual page break.

[gabix]

Share the file.

[catbill]

Thank you, ajlittoz and gabix, for the suggestion and kind offer.

I just opened the file again to try to figure this out and, lo and behold, it is working correctly. Page 6 now thinks it is page 6 again.

The problem was solved, but what happened remains a mystery.