Help with numbering

[Keith Brickey]

In the article "How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your
Microsoft Word document," at:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

I am not able to duplicate the results described in the article. Using a
template name mytemplate.dot, I carefully follow the instructions up the the
point of "Numbering for the first level." At his point, my results for
number format are different than those described in the article.

I am trying to achieve the following format:

1. heading 1 text

1.1 heading 2 text

1.1.1 heading 3 text

1.1.1.1 heading 4 text

However; this is what I am getting as I follow the intructions in the
article:

In Customize Outline Numbered List, after setting Link level to style for
levels 1 through 9, I set level to 1, and number format to 1,2,3, ... My
number format looks like this:

"1"

I set level to 2, and number format to 1,2,3, ..., and set previous level
number to Level 1. My number format looks like this:

"1.1"

(The Previous level number list box does not retain my selection but instead
is blank.)

I set level to 3, and number format to 1,2,3 ..., and set previous level
number to level 2. My number format looks like this:

"1.1."

(Again, the Previous level number list box does not retain my selection but
instead is blank.)

I set level to 4, and number format to 1,2,3, ..., and set previousl level
number to 3. My number format looks like this:

"11"

(This time the Previous Level number retains my setting of Level 3)

I set level to 5, and number format to 1,2,3, ..., and set previous level
number to Level 4. My number format looks like this:

"111"

Does anyone have any idea how to get this working properly?

Thanks,

Keith

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you go to Format | Bullets and Numbering, select the Outline Numbered
tab, click on the fifth pane (the one that by default shows 1 Heading 1, 1.1
Heading 2, 1.1.1 Heading 3), and click Customize, you will see that this
(List Level being blank) is the default behavior. I believe you don't need
to choose a previous level unless you want a different one from the level
immediately above. Moreover, if you had selected that numbering pane to
begin with, you shouldn't have to do anything except link the levels to your
heading styles and make any desired changes in indent.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[Keith Brickey]

Thanks for your advice. I'm not sure what you mean by "Moreover, if you had
selected the numbering pane to begin with ..." Follwing the step-by-step
instructions in the article, I did select the outline numbering pane. Are
you suggesting that the article is incorrect, or that I did not correctly
follow the instructions in the article. Sorry for being so detailed; I am
just trying to figure this out and understand it. Part of my job is
explaining these things to other Word users.

Thanks again,

Keith

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What I said was, "if you had selected *that* numbering pane." Since the
numbering in that fifth pane is by default the numbering that you want, you
would have less setup to do if you chose it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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all may benefit.

 

[Keith Brickey]

I understand.
Thanks,
Keith

What I said was, "if you had selected *that* numbering pane." Since the
numbering in that fifth pane is by default the numbering that you want, you
would have less setup to do if you chose it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

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