I'm assuming that you are using the context (right-click) menu to restart
the lists? That should be pretty reliable in recent versions of Word.
However, in all versions from Word 97 on, the safest restart method is to
make use of a multilevel list, letting higher levels restart lower ones.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"RichUE" wrote in message
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I have a 70-page test specification with heading numbering to level 3
(using
built-in styles). Each step of the test procedure is numbered using a
separate list with a style called 'Step'. My reasoning for doing this is
that
sometimes the test procedure paragraphs are at level 3 and sometimes at
level
4. I can't have some level 3 paragraphs as headings and others as test
steps.
The test steps re-start at 1 after every new heading. Occasionally, it is
not possible to re-start at 1 - the numbering just refuses to be changed,
and
I can't work out why.
Twice during the document's preparation, the numbering has reverted to '1
to
n' across the whole document. I managed to re-start the numbering at the
requisite places but I'd rather not do it again as there are about 700
steps.
Is this a flawed technique?
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Richard
Using Office 2007 & Win7
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