If you have lost the ability to insert page numbers in Word 7, your Building Blocks.dotx file is missing. If you know this already and have looked to Microsoft to help you, I’m sorry you wasted your time. However, if you have Word 7 on another computer, follow these directions to transfer Building Blocks.dotx from one computer to the other (If you don’t have a second computer, continue reading):
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Building Blocks.dotx fix that works: (also see Aspasia’s comment below for a second solution that worked for her)
1: Get Building Blocks.dotx from a computer that has it. It’s located in:
Computer>C>Program Files(x86)>Microsoft Office>Office12>Document Parts>1033
If you do not have a second computer with Word, continue reading for an alternate solution.
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2: Make a copy of the file to the desktop. Send it via email to yourself. Download it to the same directory on the computer where it’s currently missing.
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If you do not have a second computer, you can download the Building Blocks.dotx file at http://www.box.com/s/316bd7ec11f87c77e85f . It’s also in the sidebar of this blog (in the Box widget). Having looked for hours for a Microsoft fix online, I feel your pain. Pain no more!
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If this fix does not work, here is a comment that came in (you can read it below) about additional steps:
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“Hi! Your post helped a lot. It was one of the clearest solutions i found online. However, that didn’t solve my problem. I had to go in Word options>Add-ins>Manage: Templates , Go>add> and then add the file (Building Blocks.dotx) and then Ok. When i opened word again the page numbering templates were there 
i just thought to add this comment in case someone had the same problem as me.”
Happy Page Numbering!
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