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Wits end with Word autonumbering
Hi all,
the subject pretty much says it all. I have a 115 page document that employs dozens of different numbering layouts and formats, none really work together and they are too easily ruined. I need help from anyone that can tell me a few simple things with word numbering: 1. How do I get an outlined numbering that starts at the second level of numbering? i.e. when I'm writing why can I not specifically choose an outline numbering that lets me start with 1.1? and then when I press enter it would go to 1.2, if I pressed enter + tab it would go to 1.2.1 For instance I may have: "Section 1: Introduction" as a heading 3 for the table of contents. So, I would want everything in there listed in an outline system with the first number starting at 1.1 and down from there. I'd also like it so that when I move on to section 2, I can simply re-adjust the numbering to start at 2.1 without affecting section 1. I hope this makes sense, if anyone can help me I would truly appreciate it. This has been a headache for me for well over a month now. Thanks all! |
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If you have a look here I think you will be well on your way to
understanding: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support obi_wonder wrote: Hi all, the subject pretty much says it all. I have a 115 page document that employs dozens of different numbering layouts and formats, none really work together and they are too easily ruined. I need help from anyone that can tell me a few simple things with word numbering: 1. How do I get an outlined numbering that starts at the second level of numbering? i.e. when I'm writing why can I not specifically choose an outline numbering that lets me start with 1.1? and then when I press enter it would go to 1.2, if I pressed enter + tab it would go to 1.2.1 For instance I may have: "Section 1: Introduction" as a heading 3 for the table of contents. So, I would want everything in there listed in an outline system with the first number starting at 1.1 and down from there. I'd also like it so that when I move on to section 2, I can simply re-adjust the numbering to start at 2.1 without affecting section 1. I hope this makes sense, if anyone can help me I would truly appreciate it. This has been a headache for me for well over a month now. Thanks all! |
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Hi, thanks, that site seems to be getting me on the right track. However, I'm
still having major issues: I'm setting up my own numbering system for the document and trying to associate it with heading 3. Unfortunately, everytime I it I set the first level as "Section" and then the following levels as 1.1 etc. I try to link level 1 to heading 3; however, the numbering system links level 3 to heading 3 and no matter what i do it always sets it back to that. That is, I will customize it by making level one Heading 3, and level 3 no style, but once i click okay, it re-assigns heading 3 to level 3. Is there anyway to fix this? "Greg Maxey" wrote: If you have a look here I think you will be well on your way to understanding: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support obi_wonder wrote: Hi all, the subject pretty much says it all. I have a 115 page document that employs dozens of different numbering layouts and formats, none really work together and they are too easily ruined. I need help from anyone that can tell me a few simple things with word numbering: 1. How do I get an outlined numbering that starts at the second level of numbering? i.e. when I'm writing why can I not specifically choose an outline numbering that lets me start with 1.1? and then when I press enter it would go to 1.2, if I pressed enter + tab it would go to 1.2.1 For instance I may have: "Section 1: Introduction" as a heading 3 for the table of contents. So, I would want everything in there listed in an outline system with the first number starting at 1.1 and down from there. I'd also like it so that when I move on to section 2, I can simply re-adjust the numbering to start at 2.1 without affecting section 1. I hope this makes sense, if anyone can help me I would truly appreciate it. This has been a headache for me for well over a month now. Thanks all! |
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I think the built-in heading styles are pretty well fixed in what level they
can be. -- 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. "obi_wonder" wrote in message ... Hi, thanks, that site seems to be getting me on the right track. However, I'm still having major issues: I'm setting up my own numbering system for the document and trying to associate it with heading 3. Unfortunately, everytime I it I set the first level as "Section" and then the following levels as 1.1 etc. I try to link level 1 to heading 3; however, the numbering system links level 3 to heading 3 and no matter what i do it always sets it back to that. That is, I will customize it by making level one Heading 3, and level 3 no style, but once i click okay, it re-assigns heading 3 to level 3. Is there anyway to fix this? "Greg Maxey" wrote: If you have a look here I think you will be well on your way to understanding: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support obi_wonder wrote: Hi all, the subject pretty much says it all. I have a 115 page document that employs dozens of different numbering layouts and formats, none really work together and they are too easily ruined. I need help from anyone that can tell me a few simple things with word numbering: 1. How do I get an outlined numbering that starts at the second level of numbering? i.e. when I'm writing why can I not specifically choose an outline numbering that lets me start with 1.1? and then when I press enter it would go to 1.2, if I pressed enter + tab it would go to 1.2.1 For instance I may have: "Section 1: Introduction" as a heading 3 for the table of contents. So, I would want everything in there listed in an outline system with the first number starting at 1.1 and down from there. I'd also like it so that when I move on to section 2, I can simply re-adjust the numbering to start at 2.1 without affecting section 1. I hope this makes sense, if anyone can help me I would truly appreciate it. This has been a headache for me for well over a month now. Thanks all! |
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Yes, that's right - it was a change that came in around SR1 in Word 97 I
think, presumably to kludge around the common problem of trying to set up lower heading levels direct from their styles. For non-heading styles, the opposite happens and the style you are in when modifying numbering always links to level 1. You can force a different linkage using VBA, but it does make documents more fragile (if Word crashes for any reason, it will try to "repair" your numbering). If the "Section 1" heading needs to be Heading 3 style to put it at the right Outline level (with Outline levels 1 and 2 used for some unnumbered headings perhaps) then link Heading 1 and Heading 2 to levels 1 and 2 of the numbering scheme, but simply edit the number format to nothing. Start the 'real' numbering at level 3, linked to Heading 3. Regardless of the kludge, set it all up from Heading 1 to be on the safe side. However, if the reason for putting this at third level just relates to the TOC, there's no problem with using Heading 1 style for the "Section" heading, and mapping Heading 1 to the third level of the TOC (TOC 3 style). -- Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I think the built-in heading styles are pretty well fixed in what level they can be. -- 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. "obi_wonder" wrote in message ... Hi, thanks, that site seems to be getting me on the right track. However, I'm still having major issues: I'm setting up my own numbering system for the document and trying to associate it with heading 3. Unfortunately, everytime I it I set the first level as "Section" and then the following levels as 1.1 etc. I try to link level 1 to heading 3; however, the numbering system links level 3 to heading 3 and no matter what i do it always sets it back to that. That is, I will customize it by making level one Heading 3, and level 3 no style, but once i click okay, it re-assigns heading 3 to level 3. Is there anyway to fix this? "Greg Maxey" wrote: If you have a look here I think you will be well on your way to understanding: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Greg Maxey/Word MVP A Peer in Peer to Peer Support obi_wonder wrote: Hi all, the subject pretty much says it all. I have a 115 page document that employs dozens of different numbering layouts and formats, none really work together and they are too easily ruined. I need help from anyone that can tell me a few simple things with word numbering: 1. How do I get an outlined numbering that starts at the second level of numbering? i.e. when I'm writing why can I not specifically choose an outline numbering that lets me start with 1.1? and then when I press enter it would go to 1.2, if I pressed enter + tab it would go to 1.2.1 For instance I may have: "Section 1: Introduction" as a heading 3 for the table of contents. So, I would want everything in there listed in an outline system with the first number starting at 1.1 and down from there. I'd also like it so that when I move on to section 2, I can simply re-adjust the numbering to start at 2.1 without affecting section 1. I hope this makes sense, if anyone can help me I would truly appreciate it. This has been a headache for me for well over a month now. Thanks all! |
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