[Geodesic]

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
Note that there are (at least in my copy of Word 2007) two selections in the
Multilevel List gallery that have 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 numbering. The first does in
fact have all the levels linked to (no style). But if you select the one
that actually displays Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, etc., you should
find that it is linked to the heading styles.

Let me get this straight: you knew that over half the numbering styles in
fact have no link with the 'corresponding' headings? Then there is not simple
'default.' And presumably there is no reason for them to be set to '(no
style)' since they would never work in an outline.

"Stefan Blom" wrote 2/13/2010 11:12 AM PST
Once you have linked numbering levels to paragraph styles in a document,
save it as a template; creating documents based on that template would then
let you reuse the styles (including the numbering).

So if I am in the middle of document, a note page or legal document, and I
want to invoke a numbered outline that actually links to the outline numbers
to the outline headers I might have to close the document, invoke a new one
with the 'correct template,' and then paste everything back in, because you
can't reset the basic default values, default values that are by most any
person's judgments incorrect, faulty, and a waste of time?

Of course, once one gets the the numbering system connected to the heading
listing (on a per document basis, not as a default), then one has to alter
the heading so that in the standard 'print layout view' the result still
looks like an outline?

Perhaps one could use the "define new list style" option that we haven't
even talked about. Then one might be able to eliminate the Microsoft default
"broken connections" selections and create numbering systems that actually
link to the appropriate heading.

I'm sure that college students who simply want to create dynamic writing
outlines for term papers (with the facility to hide or expand child
sub-elements, & move elements around rapidly with shift-alt-arrow), and who
don't know all the special vocabulary of styles, headings, templates... will
find this staighforward.