See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. (For
bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html, the
subject is related.)

Under Tools Templates and Add-Ins, if the box is checked to update styles,
uncheck it.

Most experienced users turn off many of the autoformat as you type options.
I have all the ones under "Apply as you type" and "Automatically as you
type" unchecked.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"WS" wrote in message
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After manually formatting a bunch of bullet, numbered, and lettered
lists, I
save the file. However, when I hit save, I lose most of my formatting.
Also, when I reopen the file at a later point, the formatting is gone.
I've
tried over and over again, with the same problem.

What is causing this? Should I turn off all the autoformatting options?
If
so, will this cause any autoformatting already done to disappear? I would
assume no.