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Restarting numbering and style changes
Please help.
I have a Word 2002 (SP3) document in which I am using outline autonumbered paragraphs. I don't like the way they look, so I reformat the indentation and the hanging indent (using Format | Styles | Modify). When I select *Update to match selection*, all of the other paragraphs of that style change, as I expect. The paragraphs renumber from the very 1st instance, so that instead of 1-3, 1-5, and 1-2 (two restarts), I now have paragraphs numbered 1-10 (no restarts). And I somewhat expect this as well. However, when I restart the paragraph numbering in the second group, the paragraph I just formatted changes back to what it was, as do all the others (autonumbering restarts as desired). This is most definitely NOT what I expect. What am I doing wrong? |
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Don't use Format--Styles. Instead, use Format--Bullets and numbering...
See: http://www.officearticles.com/word/h...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "DraKon" wrote in message oups.com... Please help. I have a Word 2002 (SP3) document in which I am using outline autonumbered paragraphs. I don't like the way they look, so I reformat the indentation and the hanging indent (using Format | Styles | Modify). When I select *Update to match selection*, all of the other paragraphs of that style change, as I expect. The paragraphs renumber from the very 1st instance, so that instead of 1-3, 1-5, and 1-2 (two restarts), I now have paragraphs numbered 1-10 (no restarts). And I somewhat expect this as well. However, when I restart the paragraph numbering in the second group, the paragraph I just formatted changes back to what it was, as do all the others (autonumbering restarts as desired). This is most definitely NOT what I expect. What am I doing wrong? |
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Nope. Not unless you like spaghetti numbering. Outline numbering should be
applied through styles. You can get away with using bullets and numbering without styles in short documents that aren't going to be heavily edited or transmitted to others, but eventually it will bite you. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Anne Troy" wrote in message ... Don't use Format--Styles. Instead, use Format--Bullets and numbering... See: http://www.officearticles.com/word/h...osoft_word.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "DraKon" wrote in message oups.com... Please help. I have a Word 2002 (SP3) document in which I am using outline autonumbered paragraphs. I don't like the way they look, so I reformat the indentation and the hanging indent (using Format | Styles | Modify). When I select *Update to match selection*, all of the other paragraphs of that style change, as I expect. The paragraphs renumber from the very 1st instance, so that instead of 1-3, 1-5, and 1-2 (two restarts), I now have paragraphs numbered 1-10 (no restarts). And I somewhat expect this as well. However, when I restart the paragraph numbering in the second group, the paragraph I just formatted changes back to what it was, as do all the others (autonumbering restarts as desired). This is most definitely NOT what I expect. What am I doing wrong? |
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OK, thanks for your input, everybody. With your help and some further
research, I corrected the problem by changing the settings in the Bullets and Numbering/Customize dialog. Again, thanks everybody. DraKon "DraKon" wrote in message oups.com... Please help. I have a Word 2002 (SP3) document in which I am using outline autonumbered paragraphs. I don't like the way they look, so I reformat the indentation and the hanging indent (using Format | Styles | Modify). When I select *Update to match selection*, all of the other paragraphs of that style change, as I expect. The paragraphs renumber from the very 1st instance, so that instead of 1-3, 1-5, and 1-2 (two restarts), I now have paragraphs numbered 1-10 (no restarts). And I somewhat expect this as well. However, when I restart the paragraph numbering in the second group, the paragraph I just formatted changes back to what it was, as do all the others (autonumbering restarts as desired). This is most definitely NOT what I expect. What am I doing wrong? |
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Are you changing the indents in the Paragraph dialog or the Numbering
dialog? You can't change the indents of numbered paragraphs in the Paragraph dialog; they are overridden by the settings in the Numbering dialog. -- 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. "DraKon" wrote in message oups.com... Please help. I have a Word 2002 (SP3) document in which I am using outline autonumbered paragraphs. I don't like the way they look, so I reformat the indentation and the hanging indent (using Format | Styles | Modify). When I select *Update to match selection*, all of the other paragraphs of that style change, as I expect. The paragraphs renumber from the very 1st instance, so that instead of 1-3, 1-5, and 1-2 (two restarts), I now have paragraphs numbered 1-10 (no restarts). And I somewhat expect this as well. However, when I restart the paragraph numbering in the second group, the paragraph I just formatted changes back to what it was, as do all the others (autonumbering restarts as desired). This is most definitely NOT what I expect. What am I doing wrong? |
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