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Outline Numbering not Resetting
For some reason on my system (Word 2007), when I try to do outline
numbering for my headings, the numbers do not reset with each group. I get I. ------ A. ------- 1. ------ a. ------ II. ------ B. ------ 2. ------ b. ------- rather than outlined numbered I. ----- A. ----- 1. ----- a. ------- II. A. 1. a. How can I get this corrected? |
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Outline Numbering not Resetting
See the following page of fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Hope this helps, Doug Robbins - Word MVP Please reply only to the newsgroups unless you wish to obtain my services on a paid professional basis. wrote in message ... For some reason on my system (Word 2007), when I try to do outline numbering for my headings, the numbers do not reset with each group. I get I. ------ A. ------- 1. ------ a. ------ II. ------ B. ------ 2. ------ b. ------- rather than outlined numbered I. ----- A. ----- 1. ----- a. ------- II. A. 1. a. How can I get this corrected? |
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On Nov 26, 12:18*am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP"
wrote: See the following page of fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Hope this helps, Unfortunately, those instructions are for pre-2007 versions of Word where I never had a problem.. For example, the instuctions here say to use the "outline numbered tab" (the logical correct). However, in Word 2007 this tab is gone. Presumably someone thought that the outline numbered tab is redundant. Why would you want heading NOT to be outline numbered. However, I am getting the non-outline numbered behavior. I have the same problem no matter what template I try using. I download a resume template from the MS web site, change the headings to be numbered, and I get the same result. If I try to manually restart the numbering, Word reformats the paragraph and ignores the style. I reapply the style and the number goes back the way it was. In searching for the answer in the Internet, I was shocked at the number of web sites the suggest doing heading numbering using list formatting rather than heading styles. |
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The principles however are just the same. In Word 2007/2010, with the
selection in a heading 1 style, left click on the Multilevel List icon in the paragraph section of the Home tab and in the bottom of the dialog that appears, click on Define New Multilevel list item and you will then be taken to the dialog that is the equivalent of the Customize Outline Numbered List dialog referred to on that web page. -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com wrote in message ... On Nov 26, 12:18 am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: See the following page of fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Hope this helps, Unfortunately, those instructions are for pre-2007 versions of Word where I never had a problem.. For example, the instuctions here say to use the "outline numbered tab" (the logical correct). However, in Word 2007 this tab is gone. Presumably someone thought that the outline numbered tab is redundant. Why would you want heading NOT to be outline numbered. However, I am getting the non-outline numbered behavior. I have the same problem no matter what template I try using. I download a resume template from the MS web site, change the headings to be numbered, and I get the same result. If I try to manually restart the numbering, Word reformats the paragraph and ignores the style. I reapply the style and the number goes back the way it was. In searching for the answer in the Internet, I was shocked at the number of web sites the suggest doing heading numbering using list formatting rather than heading styles. |
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This article is still relevent in that it indicates the correct procedure to
accomplish working outline numbering, even if the naming/look of the dialogs are different. To help you with your initial problem, the usual problem is that the "linking" of the levels is done incorrectly. Open the Modify for your Heading 1 style, go to the Outline Numbering Customise dialog. Edit the settings you require for this level. Now, the important bit, while remaining in the Heading 1 customise dialog, click on the "2" in the Level bar, now edit this for what you want your Heading 2 to do, i.e. link back to Heading 1, tabulation, Number style, font, etc. Do all the remaining levels that you require from within the level 1 dialog. Remember: Link level to style: this is linked to itself, is if in Level 2 link to Heading 2. Restart numbering after: check this for Level 2 and below, linking to the previous level, i.e. for Level 2 link to Level 1. As to your comment that many web-hits suggesting using NumLists instead of Heading styles, lets hope that many people don't follow that advice for Outline Numbering. This is usually because they don't edit the Levels from within the Level 1 customise dialog. Hope this helps to reset your numbering. DeanH " wrote: On Nov 26, 12:18 am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: See the following page of fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Hope this helps, Unfortunately, those instructions are for pre-2007 versions of Word where I never had a problem.. For example, the instuctions here say to use the "outline numbered tab" (the logical correct). However, in Word 2007 this tab is gone. Presumably someone thought that the outline numbered tab is redundant. Why would you want heading NOT to be outline numbered. However, I am getting the non-outline numbered behavior. I have the same problem no matter what template I try using. I download a resume template from the MS web site, change the headings to be numbered, and I get the same result. If I try to manually restart the numbering, Word reformats the paragraph and ignores the style. I reapply the style and the number goes back the way it was. In searching for the answer in the Internet, I was shocked at the number of web sites the suggest doing heading numbering using list formatting rather than heading styles. . |
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Note that in Word 2007 you can no longer access the numbering options via
the Modify Style dialog box for a paragraph style. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "DeanH" wrote in message ... This article is still relevent in that it indicates the correct procedure to accomplish working outline numbering, even if the naming/look of the dialogs are different. To help you with your initial problem, the usual problem is that the "linking" of the levels is done incorrectly. Open the Modify for your Heading 1 style, go to the Outline Numbering Customise dialog. Edit the settings you require for this level. Now, the important bit, while remaining in the Heading 1 customise dialog, click on the "2" in the Level bar, now edit this for what you want your Heading 2 to do, i.e. link back to Heading 1, tabulation, Number style, font, etc. Do all the remaining levels that you require from within the level 1 dialog. Remember: Link level to style: this is linked to itself, is if in Level 2 link to Heading 2. Restart numbering after: check this for Level 2 and below, linking to the previous level, i.e. for Level 2 link to Level 1. As to your comment that many web-hits suggesting using NumLists instead of Heading styles, lets hope that many people don't follow that advice for Outline Numbering. This is usually because they don't edit the Levels from within the Level 1 customise dialog. Hope this helps to reset your numbering. DeanH " wrote: On Nov 26, 12:18 am, "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote: See the following page of fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Hope this helps, Unfortunately, those instructions are for pre-2007 versions of Word where I never had a problem.. For example, the instuctions here say to use the "outline numbered tab" (the logical correct). However, in Word 2007 this tab is gone. Presumably someone thought that the outline numbered tab is redundant. Why would you want heading NOT to be outline numbered. However, I am getting the non-outline numbered behavior. I have the same problem no matter what template I try using. I download a resume template from the MS web site, change the headings to be numbered, and I get the same result. If I try to manually restart the numbering, Word reformats the paragraph and ignores the style. I reapply the style and the number goes back the way it was. In searching for the answer in the Internet, I was shocked at the number of web sites the suggest doing heading numbering using list formatting rather than heading styles. . |
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On Nov 26, 3:43*am, DeanH wrote:
To help you with your initial problem, the usual problem is that the "linking" of the levels is done incorrectly. Open the Modify for your Heading 1 style, go to the Outline Numbering Customise dialog. Edit the settings you require for this level. Now, the important bit, while remaining in the Heading 1 customise dialog, click on the "2" in the Level bar, now edit this for what you want your Heading 2 to do, i.e. link back to Heading 1, tabulation, Number style, font, etc. Do all the remaining levels that you require from within the level 1 dialog. Thanks, folks. Appear to be the key part missing. As to your comment that many web-hits suggesting using NumLists instead of Heading styles, lets hope that many people don't follow that advice for Outline Numbering. This is usually because they don't edit the Levels from within the Level 1 customise dialog. Styles? What are styles? :-) I deal with documents where the people use TAB to create paragraph indents. |
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See Doug's reply for the correct approach in Word 2007.
Of course, if you have been using a *list style*, you can use the Modify Style dialog box (for the list style). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP wrote in message ... On Nov 26, 3:43 am, DeanH wrote: To help you with your initial problem, the usual problem is that the "linking" of the levels is done incorrectly. Open the Modify for your Heading 1 style, go to the Outline Numbering Customise dialog. Edit the settings you require for this level. Now, the important bit, while remaining in the Heading 1 customise dialog, click on the "2" in the Level bar, now edit this for what you want your Heading 2 to do, i.e. link back to Heading 1, tabulation, Number style, font, etc. Do all the remaining levels that you require from within the level 1 dialog. Thanks, folks. Appear to be the key part missing. As to your comment that many web-hits suggesting using NumLists instead of Heading styles, lets hope that many people don't follow that advice for Outline Numbering. This is usually because they don't edit the Levels from within the Level 1 customise dialog. Styles? What are styles? :-) I deal with documents where the people use TAB to create paragraph indents. |
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