[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You should have a separate style for each list level, with the level linked
to that style. For example, you can use the List Number, List Number 2, List
Number 3... series or the Heading 1, 2, 3... series.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"JC" wrote in message
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yes i did. i have noticed that the named list template doesn't appear in
the
list of styles. level 5 formatting, based on level 4 is fine (the correct
color).

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Did you set up your list based on styles as described in
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html, name
the
list template, and always go in through the Level 1 style?

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"JC" wrote in message
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i can't get level 4 to cooperate. it always defaults back to
'automatic'
color. in the bullet/number dialog box, it will show as, say magenta,
if
i
set the color to magenta for level 4, but when you save and go back to
the
document, the number color is back to black (or automatic). when i go
back
to the bullet/number dialog, i see the magenta version in the list of
options
for level 4, but the one automatically selected is not the magenta -
it's
the
black/automatic one.

i've tried to change the color everyway i can figure it out.



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The numbers will take on the color applied to the paragraph mark. If
this
does not suffice, you can format the numbers themselves explicitly
in
the
Numbering dialog.

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Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"JC" wrote in message
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one final question. now i can't seem to get the font color to set
correctly.
all the previous levels are a blue color (RGB 2,53, 103). i've
played
around with trying to set the color of the numbers w/o success.
the
font
color for the text is fine.



"JC" wrote:

thanks. that worked. i figured there was a way to do it. i
must
have
changed something inadvertently.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You've got the fields in the wrong order in the "Number
format"
box at
Level
4. The easiest way to fix it is to clear the box and start
from
scratch.
With the box empty, click the arrow beside "Previous level
number"
and
click
Level 1, then type a period. Repeat for Levels 2 and 3, then
select 1,
2, 3
for the "Number style" and OK.

When you do this, make sure you go into Modify Style through
Heading
1, then
select Level 4 to modify. For more, see

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"JC" wrote in message
...

more information: i noticed that the last number in the
previous
list (in
this case a '2', and puts it in the first position. so if
level
3
were
4.2.9, the next entry would be 9.4.2.1

so the number in the 3rd position of level 3 ends up in the
first
position
for level 4.



"JC" wrote:

i have a document that contains an outline list, that uses
Heading
styles,
and is used to generate the TOC.

Level 1, 2, 3 are all fine. so:
1 Major Subject 1
1.1 Sub Major Subect 1
1.2 Sub Major Subject 2
2 Major Subject 2
2.1 Sub Major Subect 1
2.2 Sub Major Subject 2
2.3.1 Sub Sub Major Subject
2.3.2 Sub Sub Major Subect
2.2.3.1 Sub Sub Sub Major subject

for some reason the numbering breaks. i've been thru the
formatting of
the
styles, formatting of the number/outline. i would like to
be
able
to go
into
the "Customize Outline Numberd List" window and fix it in
the
"Number
Format"
box, but i can't fix the auto/generated numbers in the
numbering
sequence.
so when i look at the number format the above window, it
says
"1.2.3.1"

any ideas?