I've read a lot of the MVP's pages on numbering but found
only Shauna Kelly's advice on "How to control bullets"
and "How to create numbered Headings" of any PRACTICAL use.
I did not find any definite answer on the best way to
create simple numbered paragraphs. John McGie's article
on "Word's numbering explained" suggests style based
numbering is the most recommended but it also has problems
including restarting the numbering. At this point all I
know there are an incredible amount of problems but am
confused as what to do. I also found an article by J.W.
Olsen http://www.jwolsen.com/wtip051.htm which suggest
that Format Painter can solve a lot of headaches. Is that
true? Is there anyplace giving step by step instructions
(Sauna Kelly's fashion) on creating simple numbered styles
which solve or at least minimize numbering problems? Are
the Word 2002 five inbuilt number styles recommended? Why
are they paragraph styles rather than list styles?
Thank you.