Hi Ann,

How can I merge several documents into one single document while maintaining
the list numbers in each document?

You'd need to edit these documents, I'm afraid. The most reliable method to
ensure that numbered lists restart is described in an article on the
word.mvps.org website. The basic theory goes like this:

Outline numbering has, for the second and following levels, an option to
restart after a higher level (you can choose which). So you use the second
level for your actual list, and link the first level with a style that you use
in the paragraph just before (or just after) the list. This can be a text
paragraph. Or you can format it very, very small so that it's virtually
invisible; your choice.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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