Section numbers awry

CS3, ID5. Document has two chapters. When I added second chapter to doc, I created new section. In Pages panel, there's a black triangle visible over page 1 of the whole doc (i.e., at start of chap 1), and also on the page that starts chap 2.
Problem is that the RH, which contains Chapter number, has chapter 1 for all pages. I had expected it to pick up the number 2 for the chapter number in the second section.
In the Pages panel, when I hover over the first triangle, the message says "Start of 1" but when I hover over the second, it says "Start of Sect 1." So clearly something is different. But I'm not seeing what: what's causing the difference in section information, and why are all my pages in both sections flagged as chapter 1?
When I double click on the first triangle, hoping to edit it, here's what I see. What's my mistake?

Chapter numbers are different from Section numbers. A single document can have only one chapter number, but multiple doc can all have the same chapter number if you like (so that you can break up a long chapter in a book into logical sections for editing).
You should either use a section marker or prefix, or create a running head variable keyed to a paragraph style applied to the chapter number heading on the page.
Peter

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I finally found it. Took me couple of hours. It is OK now
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