How do I continue a numbered list from a numbered heading?

[Tracy in Mansfield]

Someone please help me!

I have a document with numbered headings and I have numbered lists under
each heading but I can't get the numbered lists under to continue with the
headings. See below for example of what I'm trying to achieve. The continue
previous list checkbox always seems to be dimmed straight after a heading as
though it doesn't recognise the heading as being numbered.

2.6 Heading
2.6.1 List item
2.6.2 List item
2.6.3 List item

Many thanks in advance to anyone that may be able to help!
Tracy.

 

[Tracy in Mansfield]

Thanks for your reply CyberTaz but I'm afraid its the opposite of that! When
I first try to edit the numbering format the 'continue..' checkbox is
undimmed but as soon as I click a numbering style or click on another tab is
dims and won't un-dim unless I close the Bullets and Numbering window and
reopen it. There appears to be to way to pick the style I want and at the
same time check 'continue..' on.

If you have anymore ideas how to resolve this I would be grateful, all I can
thing of doing is starting again from a new document in case I've some how
managed to 'muck up' the settings or numbering styles.

Many thanks,
Tracy in Mansfield.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

You'll need to set up your list item style as the second level of the same
list format as is linked to the heading. Don't do this from Bullets &
Numbering - see

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

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Tracy-

It sounds like the issue is a little more complex than your OP led me to
believe, in which case the sound direction provided by Margaret will be the
best approach.

Regards |:>)