Thanks for that Stefan .

I need to keep things as simple as possible for the users, so I have just
added a macro+button to fix the damage done to the numbering paragraphs by
restarting the numbering. I think it will be easier to teach the users that
once they have selected the list and restarted it, after panicing about the
fouled up margins, they need to hit this button to 'fix' the paragraphs
again.

Given that we are now at version 11 of Word (OK, I know they skipped numbers
between 2 and 6) rubbish like this really ought to be fixed and working
properly. I persuaded my users to move to Word 2003 because the
merge/compare is broken in Word 2000 (gets messed up on tables and long
documents) - now I need to go back to them with a 'bodge' becasue Word 2003
still isn't right! Sorry to rant - I know it isn't you, but if you have any
influence as an MVP you might want to let MS know that (if I am in any way
typical) experienced users are starting to think about OpenOffice because
the 'basics' in MS Word still aren't sorted.

Thanks

Paul

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"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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For methods to restart style-based numbering, see:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...artMethods.htm

See also:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html

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"Paul" wrote in message ...
Hi,

I am trying to set up a template in Word 2003 to be used by a number
of
people.

As formatting has caused problems with this document/group of people
before,
I am trying to create a style for pretty much every sort of text
that will
be used.

I have modified the inbuilt numbering styles (e.g. List Number 1,
List
Number 2) which are flush with the left margin. These work fine
unless you
choose to restart the numbering, as soon as you do, the list you are
working
on reformats, changing the settings for the left margin for the
first and
subsequent lines in the paragraph and adding a tab character.

It seems that restarting the numbering (or going into customize and
setting
the start number as 1) also changes the paragraph settings (to
something
undesirable for this document). The user can change the paragrah
settings
back to their 'correct' settings using the ruler bar, but this is
frustrating, time consuming and prone to creating inconsistencies in
the
document which is exactly what we are trying to avoid.

Can you please explain how I can set up a style that will not change
when I
try to restart the numbering, or a way I can restart numbering with
messing
up the paragraph settings.

TIA

Paul

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