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Numbering Nightmare
I am using Word 2003. I can't belive the amount of trouble I enconter with
numbering in a SIMPLE document that uses just the default styles. I use the numbering button on the tool bar. I've encountered these problems on mutiple machines so they are not unique to my installation. 1. I've instructed Word to not automatically Continue Numbering. Yet, sporadically, it does it anyway. And when it does it, it changes the formatting to sometimes more and sometimes less indentation. 2. Often, on a NORMAL style paragraph, when I try to start a new list, the numbering adds a lot of indentation like "Left: 0.75", Hanging: 0.25" for no apparent reason! 3. Restarting numbering changes the formatting of another list a few paragraphs above it, especially if it is a bulleted list. Don't even get me started about the trouble I have with numbering inside tables. It's like this software has a mind and will of its own. Word 97 was the last good version of MS Word. |
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You will continue to experience problems with numbering as long as you try
to use the Numbering button to apply numbering to non-numbered styles instead of using a numbered style. Try using List Number, for example. -- 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. "Jshah" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2003. I can't belive the amount of trouble I enconter with numbering in a SIMPLE document that uses just the default styles. I use the numbering button on the tool bar. I've encountered these problems on mutiple machines so they are not unique to my installation. 1. I've instructed Word to not automatically Continue Numbering. Yet, sporadically, it does it anyway. And when it does it, it changes the formatting to sometimes more and sometimes less indentation. 2. Often, on a NORMAL style paragraph, when I try to start a new list, the numbering adds a lot of indentation like "Left: 0.75", Hanging: 0.25" for no apparent reason! 3. Restarting numbering changes the formatting of another list a few paragraphs above it, especially if it is a bulleted list. Don't even get me started about the trouble I have with numbering inside tables. It's like this software has a mind and will of its own. Word 97 was the last good version of MS Word. |
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