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Outline number - change of format
I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working.
However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? TIA |
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Did you read
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...pendixes.html? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cats" wrote in message ... I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working. However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? TIA |
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Ah so! No - and I see it answers the question exactly for me. I'll read it carefully and have a go on a new document. Thanks for this, and I'm glad it can be done though I will probably have to start a new document and copy it all across. However there is time to do that before the 12th November! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...pendixes.html? "Cats" wrote in message ... I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working. However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? |
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Well - having read Shauna's articles and had a play, I'm having problems - this is Word 2000. I can link the headings as suggest, and attach them to styles. The problem is getting the correct previous level. It works find for Level 2 having level 1 as the previous level, but will level 3 accept level 2 as the previous level? No. Same problem with headings 6-9 for the appendices. Are there known problems with this for Word 2000? Or common user errors that I might well be making? Grrrr... "Cats" wrote: Ah so! No - and I see it answers the question exactly for me. I'll read it carefully and have a go on a new document. Thanks for this, and I'm glad it can be done though I will probably have to start a new document and copy it all across. However there is time to do that before the 12th November! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...pendixes.html? "Cats" wrote in message ... I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working. However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? |
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There shouldn't be any problem getting level 3 to accept level 2 as the
previous level; in fact, that should be the default setting. But I'm not a numbering expert, and they don't necessarily hang out here. I'd suggest you post in the numbering NG (news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.numbering). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cats" wrote in message ... Well - having read Shauna's articles and had a play, I'm having problems - this is Word 2000. I can link the headings as suggest, and attach them to styles. The problem is getting the correct previous level. It works find for Level 2 having level 1 as the previous level, but will level 3 accept level 2 as the previous level? No. Same problem with headings 6-9 for the appendices. Are there known problems with this for Word 2000? Or common user errors that I might well be making? Grrrr... "Cats" wrote: Ah so! No - and I see it answers the question exactly for me. I'll read it carefully and have a go on a new document. Thanks for this, and I'm glad it can be done though I will probably have to start a new document and copy it all across. However there is time to do that before the 12th November! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...pendixes.html? "Cats" wrote in message ... I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working. However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? |
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Thanks. After a break I realised it was operator error... The diaglog where the levels are selected wasn't very clear to me. I ended up regenerating normal.dot (probably a good idea anyway) redoing my heading styles so they cascade and 6-9 are for the Appendices (1e.g. A.1 instead of 1.1), and then saving that as a new style to have the outline numbering. After a lot of cut'n'paste the document is there, though now I have to go round fixing the cross-references... I keep telling myself it will all be worth it in the end, and I will be finished pretty soon! Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There shouldn't be any problem getting level 3 to accept level 2 as the previous level; in fact, that should be the default setting. But I'm not a numbering expert, and they don't necessarily hang out here. I'd suggest you post in the numbering NG (news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.numbering). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cats" wrote in message ... Well - having read Shauna's articles and had a play, I'm having problems - this is Word 2000. I can link the headings as suggest, and attach them to styles. The problem is getting the correct previous level. It works find for Level 2 having level 1 as the previous level, but will level 3 accept level 2 as the previous level? No. Same problem with headings 6-9 for the appendices. Are there known problems with this for Word 2000? Or common user errors that I might well be making? Grrrr... "Cats" wrote: Ah so! No - and I see it answers the question exactly for me. I'll read it carefully and have a go on a new document. Thanks for this, and I'm glad it can be done though I will probably have to start a new document and copy it all across. However there is time to do that before the 12th November! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...pendixes.html? "Cats" wrote in message ... I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working. However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? |
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Perhaps a bit late to mention this, but you might want to base your document
on a specific template other than Normal.dot. Once you've linked your numbering format to styles, you don't really have to worry much about what the default numbering in Format | Bullets and Numbering is. I go in periodically and reset all the panes on all three tabs, but when you go to that dialog from a numbered style, your numbering scheme will always be displayed (and that's the one you *must* pick); and of course you must always go in through level 1 if you're planning to change the numbering in an outline-numbered list. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cats" wrote in message ... Thanks. After a break I realised it was operator error... The diaglog where the levels are selected wasn't very clear to me. I ended up regenerating normal.dot (probably a good idea anyway) redoing my heading styles so they cascade and 6-9 are for the Appendices (1e.g. A.1 instead of 1.1), and then saving that as a new style to have the outline numbering. After a lot of cut'n'paste the document is there, though now I have to go round fixing the cross-references... I keep telling myself it will all be worth it in the end, and I will be finished pretty soon! Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There shouldn't be any problem getting level 3 to accept level 2 as the previous level; in fact, that should be the default setting. But I'm not a numbering expert, and they don't necessarily hang out here. I'd suggest you post in the numbering NG (news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.numbering). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cats" wrote in message ... Well - having read Shauna's articles and had a play, I'm having problems - this is Word 2000. I can link the headings as suggest, and attach them to styles. The problem is getting the correct previous level. It works find for Level 2 having level 1 as the previous level, but will level 3 accept level 2 as the previous level? No. Same problem with headings 6-9 for the appendices. Are there known problems with this for Word 2000? Or common user errors that I might well be making? Grrrr... "Cats" wrote: Ah so! No - and I see it answers the question exactly for me. I'll read it carefully and have a go on a new document. Thanks for this, and I'm glad it can be done though I will probably have to start a new document and copy it all across. However there is time to do that before the 12th November! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...pendixes.html? "Cats" wrote in message ... I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working. However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? |
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Hi Suzanne Thanks, yes, I did save a new template once normal.dot was back to - normal! (well my version of normal). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Perhaps a bit late to mention this, but you might want to base your document on a specific template other than Normal.dot. Once you've linked your numbering format to styles, you don't really have to worry much about what the default numbering in Format | Bullets and Numbering is. I go in periodically and reset all the panes on all three tabs, but when you go to that dialog from a numbered style, your numbering scheme will always be displayed (and that's the one you *must* pick); and of course you must always go in through level 1 if you're planning to change the numbering in an outline-numbered list. "Cats" wrote in message ... Thanks. After a break I realised it was operator error... The diaglog where the levels are selected wasn't very clear to me. I ended up regenerating normal.dot (probably a good idea anyway) redoing my heading styles so they cascade and 6-9 are for the Appendices (1e.g. A.1 instead of 1.1), and then saving that as a new style to have the outline numbering. After a lot of cut'n'paste the document is there, though now I have to go round fixing the cross-references... I keep telling myself it will all be worth it in the end, and I will be finished pretty soon! Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: There shouldn't be any problem getting level 3 to accept level 2 as the previous level; in fact, that should be the default setting. But I'm not a numbering expert, and they don't necessarily hang out here. I'd suggest you post in the numbering NG (news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...word.numbering). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Cats" wrote in message ... Well - having read Shauna's articles and had a play, I'm having problems - this is Word 2000. I can link the headings as suggest, and attach them to styles. The problem is getting the correct previous level. It works find for Level 2 having level 1 as the previous level, but will level 3 accept level 2 as the previous level? No. Same problem with headings 6-9 for the appendices. Are there known problems with this for Word 2000? Or common user errors that I might well be making? Grrrr... "Cats" wrote: Ah so! No - and I see it answers the question exactly for me. I'll read it carefully and have a go on a new document. Thanks for this, and I'm glad it can be done though I will probably have to start a new document and copy it all across. However there is time to do that before the 12th November! "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Did you read http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...pendixes.html? "Cats" wrote in message ... I am doing a degree project report, and have outline numbering working. However, I want the numbering for the Appendices to go A, A.1, A.2, B and so on, wherease the body of the report goes 1, 1.1, 1.2, 2 and so on. I've read the Shaun Kelly link and it doesn't seem to mention this. I played around with a section break to no avail. I don't want the document in two parts - there are so many references from the actual report to the appendices which have to be able to update if the numbering in the appendic changes. So, is this possible? Or is it a wild goose change that I might as well give up on right now? |
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