Can't get traditional outline format to autonumber in Word 2007

[Kurt]

I am trying to create an outline. In Word 2007, there are icons for
"numbered lists" in the Paragraph section of the "ribbon". Within the
selections available in the pull down menu are various formats for numbered
and bulleted lists. All of them work for me correctly except one. The ones
with symbols for the different levels work; but the one in the traditional
Outline format of I.A.1.a.(1) does not autonumber. So, for example, when I
select that format, I get a roman numeral I. and I can type text; but when I
hit Enter, I don't get a II. on the left margin. I have
auto-format-as-you-go to automatically do numbered lists, and, as I say,
every other format available works right.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You have chosen a numbering scheme that applies heading styles. By default,
the "Style for following paragraph" for heading styles is the Normal style
(applied when you press Enter). You can change this in the style definition:

Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S. In the Styles pane, click the Manage Styles button.

On the Edit tab, locate the relevant style, say, Heading 1. Click Modify. In
the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, Paragraph. Change the "Style for
following paragraph" in the style definition. Repeat for the other heading
styles as needed.

Observe that if this is a list (and not actual headings in text), you may
also want to turn off the "Keep with next" setting in the Paragraph dialog
box for each style.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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