[Stefan Blom]

"yoshi.mitsou" wrote in message
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On Mar 31, 9:17 am, "Stefan Blom" wrote:
Generally, there is no reason why modifying numbered lists in one
document
would affect other documents.

How did you create/modify the numbering?

Did you select the option to "Automatically update document styles" in
the
Templates and Add-Ins dialog box?

Thank you for helping me out!

It's been a few weeks since I modified the numbering in that one file.
I usually make Style changes using Home Tab Styles StyleName
Modify. So I would have done that and then I would have selected
Numbering to alter the Style's numbering.

For single-level numbering, that should definitely work. Note, however, that
if you have been changing the indentation of an item, it will be safer to
right-click and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu (as opposed
to making the change in the Modify Style dialog, that is).

Also, if you are creating multilevel lists, consider using list styles
instead.


And now that I think of it, the file that I did ^^^ to was based on a
template that the other files that I've opened also are based on.
(Sorry for the crappy sentence there.) So maybe I did select
"Automatically update document styles" but I sort of doubt it because
I fear that box because of things like this. :-) Perhaps I did it
without realizing that I did.


Well, that setting is saved with the document, so you should be able to look
in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog box to see if it is checked. The
quickest way to open the dialog box is by clicking the Document Template
button on the Developer tab of the ribbon.

I haven't opened the templates that these are based on in awhile.
Would changing a file that a template is based on affect the template
itself if Automatically update document styles is not checked?


No, when you modify the formatting of a document that will not be
transferred to the attached template. The exception is when you change a
style and *choose* to transfer the setting to the template by clicking "Add
to template" (Word 97-2003) or "New documents based on this template" (Word
2007) in the Modify Style dialog box.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP