Thanks for your help. I will give it a try.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As I suggested, if you use two columns with paragraph borders, you don't
need the "placekeeping marks." And they will align with the top line of the
numbered paragraph provided that you use the same font size and paragraph
spacing and Top vertical alignment for all cells. For the numbered
paragraphs, you still need to apply styles. If you define the styles with
the desired numbering and apply them appropriately, that will all be
automatic as well.

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"Bob D." wrote in message
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I was thinking that a table might be the answer but it sounds like a lot
of
work to port the procedures over from WordPerfect. A lot of C&P into the
cells. The plackeeping marks need to stay at the top of the cell, aligned
with the first line of the step text. Future editing sounds like a
nightmare,
with WP I just C&P a series of steps pr a step, along with the plackeeping
marks, and everything is renumbered in the outline automagically.

I know that I am not the only one who needs this functionality, and not
just
the one company that I work for. There are a few hundred procedure writers
working across the country who would want this if someone would or could
develop it as an add-in. If there is a developer out there who is
interested
contact me. If you build it they will come.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can put underlines before a number in the "Number format" box, but
they
will definitely follow the number, so that's not going to be helpful. I
think I would be inclined to use a two-column borderless table for this.
Make the first column just wide enough to accommodate the checkoff
lines;
actually, if you use two very narrow columns and apply a bottom border
to
the cell contents (that is, the empty paragraph rather than the cell
itself), you'd get your lines automatically. Then put the numbered
paragraphs in the second column, starting a new row for each paragraph.
You
won't be able to use Tab and Shift+Tab to increase and decrease the
indent,
but the toolbar buttons (if you have them) will still work, as will the
Alt+Shift+Left/Right Arrow shortcuts. You may need to experiment with
cell
margins to get just the appearance you want, but this should work. Be
sure
to set up the outline numbering according to
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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