[JC]

thanks. that worked. i figured there was a way to do it. i must have
changed something inadvertently.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You've got the fields in the wrong order in the "Number format" box at Level
4. The easiest way to fix it is to clear the box and start from scratch.
With the box empty, click the arrow beside "Previous level number" and click
Level 1, then type a period. Repeat for Levels 2 and 3, then select 1, 2, 3
for the "Number style" and OK.

When you do this, make sure you go into Modify Style through Heading 1, then
select Level 4 to modify. For more, see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html

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"JC" wrote in message
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more information: i noticed that the last number in the previous list (in
this case a '2', and puts it in the first position. so if level 3 were
4.2.9, the next entry would be 9.4.2.1

so the number in the 3rd position of level 3 ends up in the first position
for level 4.



"JC" wrote:

i have a document that contains an outline list, that uses Heading
styles,
and is used to generate the TOC.

Level 1, 2, 3 are all fine. so:
1 Major Subject 1
1.1 Sub Major Subect 1
1.2 Sub Major Subject 2
2 Major Subject 2
2.1 Sub Major Subect 1
2.2 Sub Major Subject 2
2.3.1 Sub Sub Major Subject
2.3.2 Sub Sub Major Subect
2.2.3.1 Sub Sub Sub Major subject

for some reason the numbering breaks. i've been thru the formatting of
the
styles, formatting of the number/outline. i would like to be able to go
into
the "Customize Outline Numberd List" window and fix it in the "Number
Format"
box, but i can't fix the auto/generated numbers in the numbering
sequence.
so when i look at the number format the above window, it says "1.2.3.1"

any ideas?