Detaching style from outline

[Oxo]

The problem: I have a multilevel numbered list (I, A, 1 . . .) that I want to
edit in Outline view. When I go to that document view, all my text is "body
text". When I select outline levels to assign to that text, they
automatically have heading and numbering styles attached to them. This looks
visually messy to me.

Level 2 has a larger font size than Level 1.
Level 3 has the same numbering style (A, B, C . . .) as Level 2 (A, B, C . .
..)

I just want to use the Outline document view so I can roll up sections and
move them easily, or see only a high level view of the document. I want to
turn off the automatic linking of heading styles to Outline view text Levels.

I don't want to have to edit every heading style to be precisely the same. I
don't want Levels 2 & 3 to have the same default numbering style.

However, I can't find anything in WORD Help that addresses anything remotely
linked to this. When I type "Outline document view style" into the Help
function, most of the topics that come up don't even have those words in the
title. And I can't find ANYTHING in help that talks about the Outline
Document View.

Suggestions?

 

[Stefan Blom]

The levels (outline levels) displayed in Outline view and the numbering
levels of a multilevel list are two different things. For more on
Outline view, see http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/UsingOLView.htm.

If you want to assign outline levels to any paragraph, numbered or not,
without changing the paragraph style, you can use the Paragraph dialog box
(the "Outline level" option of the Indents and Spacing tab).

Note, however, that it will be a lot easier to apply numbering (as well as
outline levels!) by using paragraph styles. For the general principles, see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html.