automatic numbering problem when converted to html

[Huck Rorick]

I have an automatically numbered list (created with Format>Bullets and
Numbering). It has items 1-12 with various sublevels under each. When I
save it as and html file and then open with internet explorer, it changes
item 12 to 11 and leaves the previous 11 (so that there are now 2 items
numbered 11).



The same thing happens if I copy and paste the Word page into a new page
using FrontPage.



Any idea what could be happening? How to fix it?



Thanks,



Huck

 

[Stefan Blom]

If you define the numbering linked to styles as explained at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, does that
improve things?

A different approach is to copy the numbered paragraphs and paste as
unformatted text in FrontPage, or in a different Word document, and then
save as HTML.

 

[Huck]

Stefan

I haven't tried all the permutations yet but noticed a couple of interesting
things using your second suggestion.

When I paste the numbered paragraphs unformatted, the numbering is correct.
However, it doesn't have the indentations, so it is not very legible and not
what I'm looking for.

This numbering problem does not occur in allcases. I have several sets of
numbered paragraphs and many of them paste just fine. It is one particular
set that gets the numbering screwed up. It is probably something in the way
the numbering was set up and arrived at. But I don't see anyway to tell
what is happening. Word Perfect had a feature that allowed you to see all
the codes that were formatting text and often one could see the problem with
the codes visible.

Pasting unformatted into another Word document has the same problem of
losing the indents.

I'll try the style solution later.

Any thoughts on the above?

Huck

 

[Stefan Blom]

Stefan

I haven't tried all the permutations yet but noticed a couple of
interesting things using your second suggestion.

When I paste the numbered paragraphs unformatted, the numbering is
correct. However, it doesn't have the indentations, so it is not very
legible and not what I'm looking for.

Well, when you paste as unformatted text, paragraph numbers paste as text,
that is, as if they were typed in. No formatting is applied; that is, you
have to manually adjust the hanging indent. (The good news is that these
numbers never change--assuming that is what you want.)

This numbering problem does not occur in allcases. I have several sets of
numbered paragraphs and many of them paste just fine. It is one
particular set that gets the numbering screwed up. It is probably
something in the way the numbering was set up and arrived at. But I don't
see anyway to tell what is happening.

Pasting numbered list items between documents can be unpredictable, as
you've noticed. Using a numbered paragraph style should make it more
predictable.

However, first you could try right-clicking the list and, from the context
menu, choose to "Continue" the list (these options are available in recent
versions of Word). Does that improve things at all?