With the drastic changes that came with the Word 2007 upgrade (.doc to.
What I’ve discovered is that these documents that refuse to display the chosen page number type used in the various sections of the document are typically documents originally created in Word 2003 (or earlier), and which have been updated and re-saved umpteen times since being created so long ago.
I’m my firm’s In-House Trainer, and I’ve been battling a similar issue.