The page number type attribute of the sections was always been created, leading Word to always reset page numbers to zero in new sections.

The page number type DECIMAL is already the default in Word, there is no need to force this to be the default option in the default section, like it was.

src/file/document/body/body.spec.ts

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe("Body", () => {
             expect(formatted)
                 .to.have.property("w:sectPr")
                 .and.to.be.an.instanceof(Array);
-            expect(formatted["w:sectPr"]).to.have.length(5);
+            expect(formatted["w:sectPr"]).to.have.length(4);
         });
     });
 
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ describe("Body", () => {
                                             },
                                             { "w:cols": [{ _attr: { "w:space": 708 } }] },
                                             { "w:docGrid": [{ _attr: { "w:linePitch": 360 } }] },
-                                            { "w:pgNumType": [{ _attr: { "w:fmt": "decimal" } }] },
                                         ],
                                     },
                                 ],
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ describe("Body", () => {
                             },
                             { "w:cols": [{ _attr: { "w:space": 708 } }] },
                             { "w:docGrid": [{ _attr: { "w:linePitch": 360 } }] },
-                            { "w:pgNumType": [{ _attr: { "w:fmt": "decimal" } }] },
                         ],
                     },
                 ],

src/file/document/body/section-properties/section-properties.spec.ts

@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ describe("SectionProperties", () => {
             });
             expect(tree["w:sectPr"][2]).to.deep.equal({ "w:cols": [{ _attr: { "w:space": 708 } }] });
             expect(tree["w:sectPr"][3]).to.deep.equal({ "w:docGrid": [{ _attr: { "w:linePitch": 360 } }] });
-            expect(tree["w:sectPr"][4]).to.deep.equal({ "w:pgNumType": [{ _attr: { "w:fmt": "decimal" } }] });
         });
 
         it("should create section properties with changed options", () => {
@@ -183,5 +182,25 @@ describe("SectionProperties", () => {
                 "w:pgBorders": [{ _attr: { "w:offsetFrom": "page" } }],
             });
         });
+
+        it("should create section properties with page number type, but without start attribute", () => {
+            const properties = new SectionProperties({
+                pageNumberFormatType: PageNumberFormat.UPPER_ROMAN,
+            });
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(properties);
+            expect(Object.keys(tree)).to.deep.equal(["w:sectPr"]);
+            const pgNumType = tree["w:sectPr"].find((item) => item["w:pgNumType"] !== undefined);
+            expect(pgNumType).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:pgNumType": [{ _attr: { "w:fmt": "upperRoman" } }],
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("should create section properties without page number type", () => {
+            const properties = new SectionProperties({});
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(properties);
+            expect(Object.keys(tree)).to.deep.equal(["w:sectPr"]);
+            const pgNumType = tree["w:sectPr"].find((item) => item["w:pgNumType"] !== undefined);
+            expect(pgNumType).to.equal(undefined);
+        });
     });
 });

src/file/document/body/section-properties/section-properties.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { HeaderReference } from "./header-reference/header-reference";
 import { IPageBordersOptions, PageBorders } from "./page-border";
 import { PageMargin } from "./page-margin/page-margin";
 import { IPageMarginAttributes } from "./page-margin/page-margin-attributes";
-import { IPageNumberTypeAttributes, PageNumberFormat, PageNumberType } from "./page-number";
+import { IPageNumberTypeAttributes, PageNumberType } from "./page-number";
 import { PageSize } from "./page-size/page-size";
 import { IPageSizeAttributes, PageOrientation } from "./page-size/page-size-attributes";
 import { TitlePage } from "./title-page/title-page";
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class SectionProperties extends XmlComponent {
             orientation = PageOrientation.PORTRAIT,
             headers,
             footers,
-            pageNumberFormatType = PageNumberFormat.DECIMAL,
+            pageNumberFormatType,
             pageNumberStart,
             pageBorders,
             pageBorderTop,
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ export class SectionProperties extends XmlComponent {
         this.addHeaders(headers);
         this.addFooters(footers);
 
-        this.root.push(new PageNumberType(pageNumberStart, pageNumberFormatType));
+        if (pageNumberStart || pageNumberFormatType) {
+            this.root.push(new PageNumberType(pageNumberStart, pageNumberFormatType));
+        }
 
         if (pageBorders || pageBorderTop || pageBorderRight || pageBorderBottom || pageBorderLeft) {
             this.root.push(