OK, you have the numbering applied as direct formatting, unrelated to the
paragraph styles. If you do this Word will try to manage the list numbering
for you, but in any reasonably complicated situation (a.k.a real life)
sooner or later it will fail. The lack of "connection" (the numbering is not
all part of the same list) is definitely a warning sign.
Instead of using the numbering button on the toolbar, try applying List
Number style - you can put a button for it on your toolbar in place of the
standard button. If the number format is not quite as you want it modify the
numbering format of the style. For more details see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...artMethods.htm
"hazel" wrote in message
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Hi All: Sorry about the confusion with 2 postings...this is my first
attemp
at using the discussion group. In general Margaret is on the right track
with my issue. When I click on number 12...it shades 1 thru 12 gray..as
if
the are "connected". I am unclear of what use this connection is either?
However when I select number 13...it is out on it's own shading. Both are
style format "normal". In my second document 1 thru 6 are listed as
"header", and 7-13 are listed as "normal". When I try to get them the
same...by highlighting the line and then changing the style it does not
seem
to work or make the entire numbered list "connected" or all to shade gray.
I
did not get the Ctrl Q deal to work. I hope this adds a little detail. I
tried to do a screen print, but it does not allow for this to be pasted.
E-mail me back if you need additional details. Thanks, Hazel
"Margaret Aldis" wrote:
Word shades the numbers that belong to the same list. If you have used
paragraph styles to set up numbering (recommended) then using Ctrl_Q
(reset
paragraph style) will make all the paragraphs in the same style part of
the
same list.
--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org
"hazel" wrote in message
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When I click on my numbers some of them are shaded grey and some are
not.
It
appears to be related to the style format. How can I correct this
problem.
Been searching for 2 days. HELP