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I'm trying to create a Word template for a requirements specification,
but I'm going nuts trying to figure out if I can cajole/beg/strong-arm
Word into handling something for me...

Let's say I define a style to be used for formatting a requirement
(call it "Requirement"... duh). Now in the simplest use of this style,
I could have a multiple paragraphs tagged with this style and can get
them to automatically be numbered in sequential order, e.g.:

REQ-1: blah blah blah
REQ-2: blah blah blah

(some filler text)

REQ-3: blah blah blah

(more filler text)

(etc.)

Now let's say I need to insert a new Requirement instance between the
existing REQ-1 and REQ-2 above. When I do this now, the new instance
becomes REQ-2; the old REQ-2 becomes REQ-3, the old REQ-3 becomes
REQ-4, etc. What I would *like* to do instead is have this new
instance be automatically numbered as REQ-4 (or whatever the next
highest "available" value is for this style).

Similarly, let's say that I delete REQ-3 above and add a new
Requirement instance somewhere. That new instance now becomes REQ-3,
but I'd *like* to have it be auto-numbered as REQ-4 (or whatever the
next highest "available value is for this style).

Can either/both of these behaviors be affected via... I don't know
what -- macros? clever use of [custom?] fields? magic?

Thanks,
- Vince