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Whats the safest/smartest way to restart numbering in Word 2007?

The situation here is a style has been created with a number 1 + tab and
applied to the body text paragraphs. However, some documents have many lists
that need to restart at number 1. Should the users be told to right-click
and choose restart at 1?

I recently read MVP Margaret Aldis article, €śHow to restart style-based
numbering,€ť but it is geered to W97-2003 for the MAC. The article mentions,
€ś€¦restart list numbering has been implicated in building up extra list
templates in documents, changing list template names, and losing links
between list templates and styles.€ť This leads me to think right-clicking
restart numbering is creating instability!

Finally, what strategy should be taken when defining a paragraph style in a
new Word template for mass consumption where users have to restart
numbering? I need to develop a template and want to save users (and myself!)
grief with numbering gone awry.


Guidance would be appreciated .

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I have a style that I created that numbers the same way and had the same
issue. I ended up modifying the Quick Style by de-selecting "automatically
update" and it solved the issue. Give that a try and see if it works for you.

"cayce" wrote:

Whats the safest/smartest way to restart numbering in Word 2007?

The situation here is a style has been created with a number 1 + tab and
applied to the body text paragraphs. However, some documents have many lists
that need to restart at number 1. Should the users be told to right-click
and choose restart at 1?

I recently read MVP Margaret Aldis article, €śHow to restart style-based
numbering,€ť but it is geered to W97-2003 for the MAC. The article mentions,
€ś€¦restart list numbering has been implicated in building up extra list
templates in documents, changing list template names, and losing links
between list templates and styles.€ť This leads me to think right-clicking
restart numbering is creating instability!

Finally, what strategy should be taken when defining a paragraph style in a
new Word template for mass consumption where users have to restart
numbering? I need to develop a template and want to save users (and myself!)
grief with numbering gone awry.


Guidance would be appreciated .

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Thanks Cindy for your attempt to help me. I only leave the TOC styles to
automatically update, so this isn't a fix.

I continue to research construction of paragraph & list styles to give the
user community stable autonumbered documents. Then, I need to know steps
user's should follow to (safely) restart numbering.




"Cindy" wrote:

I have a style that I created that numbers the same way and had the same
issue. I ended up modifying the Quick Style by de-selecting "automatically
update" and it solved the issue. Give that a try and see if it works for you.

"cayce" wrote:

Whats the safest/smartest way to restart numbering in Word 2007?

The situation here is a style has been created with a number 1 + tab and
applied to the body text paragraphs. However, some documents have many lists
that need to restart at number 1. Should the users be told to right-click
and choose restart at 1?

I recently read MVP Margaret Aldis article, €śHow to restart style-based
numbering,€ť but it is geered to W97-2003 for the MAC. The article mentions,
€ś€¦restart list numbering has been implicated in building up extra list
templates in documents, changing list template names, and losing links
between list templates and styles.€ť This leads me to think right-clicking
restart numbering is creating instability!

Finally, what strategy should be taken when defining a paragraph style in a
new Word template for mass consumption where users have to restart
numbering? I need to develop a template and want to save users (and myself!)
grief with numbering gone awry.


Guidance would be appreciated .

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