[Sherlock]

Thank you, Jetstream, but the unnumbered items do not retain the formatting
of the numbered items using this method.

If my numbered items are indented from the margin .25 inch with a hanging
indent of .5 inch for the text and trailing space of 4 pts, then the
unnumbered items in the middle of the list should be indented .5 inch with no
hanging indent and have trailing space of 4 pts.

This happened automatically with Skip Numbering, and it didn't matter if I
applied Skip Numbering before or after I formatted my paragraphs as a list.

"Jetstream" wrote:

I have used a simple way to skip renumbering, type a paragraph or two and
restart renumbering continuing with numbers and indent where it was
discontinued.

Type a numbered list. Then press Enter twice to exit the renumbering mode.
Type a paragraph or more without numbering. Press Enter. Click the Numbering
button in the toolbar. Numbering will start again but, by default, will begin
with Number 1. However, hover your pointer over the icon that pops up to the
left of the number and click the down arrow. Then click "Restart Numbering"
and the number sequence will begin where it left off along with the proper
indenting.

"Sherlock" wrote:

Like Paul, I had Skip Renumbering on a custom toolbar and used it all the
time. I helped numerous people in my office do the same thing and they all
loved it.

I must be missing something about the easy way to number a list, stop
numbering for a paragraph or two--but retain the formatting and indent, and
then restart numbering, because it seems to require several steps, vs. just
typing everything as part of the numbered list and then selecting the
paragraphs I want to change and clicking Skip Numbering.

Could you please give the most efficient steps for creating a numbered list,
stopping for a paragraph or two while retaining the indent and formatting,
and then continuing numbering?

Thanks.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Well, you can certainly suppress a number or bullet by placing the insertion
point at the beginning of the paragraph and pressing Delete once. But it
would be better to use the List Continue styles, as Suzanne suggested.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Paul Gauci" wrote in message
...
In 2003 it worked perfectly. I loaded the corresponding icon in a floating
toolbar together with List Number and List Bullet icons and used it quite
a
lot.


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Paul Gauci


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Indeed, it seems to be a redundant feature... But I'm curious to learn if
you ever got it to work, when testing it?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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The way it's evidently supposed to work is to create a numbered item
without a number. I find this anomalous and confusing. Given that Word
has
provided the List Continue set of styles to coordinate with the List,
List
Number, and List Bullet styles, I feel it is preferable to use these
(or
Body Text, as required) instead of just removing the number from a
"numbered" style.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
If you want to skip numbering, the easiest way is to apply a style
which
is not numbered. For example, you can press Ctrl+Shift+N to apply the
Normal style.

FWIW, I don't know how the Skip Numbering command is supposed to work;
as
you've noticed, it doesn't seem to work at all.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Paul Gauci" wrote in message
...
In my Word 2007 the Skip Numbering command (I have included the
corresponding
green button in the QAT) does not work. Is this a problem with Word
2007?


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Paul Gauci