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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Numbering not restarting after using Shauna Kelly's method
Again, I suggest you post in the numbering NG, where you can attract the
attention of users knowledgeable about numbering.
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"Bothell writer" Bothell
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Suzanne,
You had asked earlier if I was using my new numbering styles *only* for my
numbered list. I do have other numbering styles in my document.
Are the other numbering styles, as well as the manually formatted numbered
paragraphs in the document creating havoc with my new list styles?
In the conversion from FrameMaker to Word, the converted numbering styles
came through with no numbering scheme -- just as hanging paragraphs. I'd
thought by creating a whole new set of styles based on Shauna's
instructions,
I'd be able to search for the old styles and replace them with the new
style,
resuliting in fewer problems. I haven't done the search and replace yet,
since the lists I've applied them to are not resetting the numbering to 1
with each new sequence. These sequences are several pages apart.
Should I edit those legacy styles based on Shauna's outline numbering?
I'd
thought that might create more problems than starting fresh.
Thanks!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
If you want attention from Shauna, you'll do better to post in
microsoft.public.word.numbering rather than this high-traffic NG.
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"Bothell writer" wrote in
message
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Does someone have a solution? Would Shauna please step in here? I
think my
most viable options at this point are to do the following:
1. Take an existing numbering scheme in the manual and base my
numbering
style using Shauna's procedures on that. It makes me a bit
uncomfortable
because I could be dealing with legacy problems from the FrameMaker
conversion, but it might be faster because I wouldn't have to change
existing
styles.
2. Then set up the LISTNUM code at the end of each of the numbering
sequences. That's time-consuming too.
I'd appreciate it if someone can weigh in whether this would be a good
approach.
Also, I'm wondering why, if the LISTNUM field or some other method
(blank
level 1, etc.) is needed in order to restart numbering for each list,
why
Shauna didn't mention it in her procedures? They were very good -- was
I
naive to assume they were all-inclusive?
Thanks!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Perhaps Shauna will step in here, but it sounds to me as if earlier
paragraphs are picking up the numbering you defined, with the result
that
the paragraph you think should be #1 is becoming #8.
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"Bothell writer" wrote in
message
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Would it be better to modify the most commonly used numbering
style in
the
document? That would save time, but I thought it might work better
to
start
"clean."
Thanks again.
"Bothell writer" wrote:
Yes, I'm using a different style for each numbering level, and I
linked
each
level to the corresponding style.
Right now, there are other styles used for numbered lists. I
began
with
a
300-page manual that had several different numbering styles, in
addition
to
numbering sequences manually formatted (so they show up in my
Formatting
in
Use with no paragraph marker).
I'm trying to clean it up by creating a numbered list style
based on
Shauna
Kelly's instructions and then will migrate all the old styles
and
manual
formatting to this new style.
Shall I resolve it by adding the LISTNUM field "LISTNUM \l 1 \s
0"
to
each
of the numbered lists? This is a procedural manual so there are
100's of
them.
Alternative suggestions would be appreciated as well as a quick
reply.
Thanks so much!
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Are you using a different style for each numbering level, and
did
you
link
each level to the corresponding style? And are you using these
styles
*only*
for your numbered list?
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Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Bothell writer"
wrote
in
message
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I meticulously went through and defined a list style (1 for
the
top
level,
a.
for Level 2, ii for Level 3, etc.) using Shauna Kelly's "How
to
create
numbered headings or outline numbering in your Microsoft
Word
document."
Now
when I go to apply it, the first number in one particular
list
is
set to
8.
I've checked, and my Level 1 is set to start at 1, and each
of
the
lower
levels are set appropriately to restart the numbering.
I've tried changing this paragraph to Normal and then
resetting
it
to
List,
and that didn't do anything.
Please advise. I thought by following Shauna's excellent
instructions,
everything would turn out fine and I wouldn't have any more
hassles.
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