Pages: page numbers in TOC don't match document

I originally created this document in Word. I then converted it to Pages. I had gotten most of the bugs out, then updated Pages just a week or so ago. When I opened the document in the new version of Pages, the pagination was out of whack. I got the pagination in the body of the text corrected except for one thing. In this doc, I have used roman numerals in the front matter, then in the body, I have used 1, 2, 3, etc. Well, in the TOC, the title of the first section correctly shows as on page 1, but the title of the first chapter is shown as starting on page ii (whereas in the text, it actually would read "2"), similarly, the first subsection in the text is on page 2 (correctly labeled in the text), but in the TOC it reads "ii". The TOC incorrectly shows roman numerals for all of the subsections in chapter 1, except the second to last one, which correctly reads "13". The TOC also shows chapter 2 starting on "xvi" whereas in the text it is actually "16". Then, starting on page 17, to the end of the TOC, all of the numbers are correct. How do I get Pages to correct the TOC to replace the roman numerals with the standard numerals? I want to emphasize that the numerals are correct in the body of the text, they are only incorrect in the TOC. I also want to emphasize again that this problem developed only after I made the most recent update to Pages 5.0 and Mavericks 10.9.

Peter,
Interesting suggestion. I actually had a major complaint with Pages 5. In Pages '09 you could activate a search function to the left of the document, that would allow searching for any term, and would identify and list all of the instances in the document. This is a tremendous time-saver when editing a large document (in my case, a book) where one needs internal consistency. I don't understand why they would remove that feature and leave us with only a tiny search box that goes through instances one by one.
From what I read in your forum, it looks like I might lose some formatting again if I return the document to Pages '09. But, if there is no alternative, that's what I'll do.
Not sure how to archive Pages 5.

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