Navigation Side Panel - Doing AUTOMATIC Page Numbering ?

Hello TechCommunity…

Have just registered on your site for help and to also discuss about products and services of Microsoft…

Admin PortalWord Navigation Panel

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Today about midday I put in a request for help with Word about it seems on it’s own accord to do AUTOMATIC numbering of my document pages…but I have no page breaks / sections and NOTHING in the headers and footers ALSO deleted my TOC’s but to no avail…

Admin support :(#‎20431578‎) said they will get back to me but it is now gone just short of 8 whole hours of a business day wasted with NO-RESPONSE as yet…!

Can you help me to resolve this issue and tell me WHY or some links to know what Word is doing HOW TO STOP it for other documents and so on…

OR how I can access the Word app IF I DON’T UNDERSTAND IT at present…

All advice and help is most welcome and appreciated…

Best Regards…

Paul