List for formatting with STYLES

[JR Hester]

Read the posts on numbering with extreem interest. However my situation seems
to be a little different.

I am working with lesson plans and have a need to have every set of
instructions restart numbering. I also like my numbered lists to use 1.5 line
spacing, 0.5 inch hanging indents, and a different font. I have been using
the numbered list formatting option, and changing the paragraph format,
hanging indents, and fonts separately.

Then I decided to try creating a STYLE to handle all of the above. Seemed to
work well, except the numbering defaults to the "continue from previous"
option. And of course when I open the format bullets and numbering to change
teh numbering scheme, alas the hanging indent disappears. I have been upbale
to locate an option in the style setup to declare the "restart numbering at
1" option I so long for.

Does anyone have a SIMPLE solution? I am not yet ready to tackle VBA coding!

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You do want to be using styles. You use one heading style to restart your
numbering for lower styles. Note that although these are called heading
styles, they don't have to be used as headings and can be formatted to look
however you want.

See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. (For
bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html, the
subject is related.)

This is based on ...

Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm

Additional information you may find useful or need is at:

How to Create a Template, Part II
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm


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Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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[JR Hester]

Thanks for your input. Every thing I have read keeps referring to creating
sequential levels of styles to accomplish this. I usually have 20 to 35
exercises in a document. If I understand the suggestion properly, I would
need a style level for each one of these paragraphs that I want to number
starting at #1, AND remember which one I used last. HAve I understood your
suggestion correctly?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You have not. I expect you would need 2-3 styles, maximum 5 to accomplish
what you want. Please read the articles.
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Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For questions and answers, you need two styles, Question and Answer. The
Answer style has numbering set to restart after Question, while numbering of
the Question style is continuous (or can restart after another major
heading, if you use a three-level outline).

Similarly, for an exercise, the numbering of the exercise steps has
numbering set to restart after the exercise heading style (which can also
but need not be numbered). If you will give us an example of the sort of
text found in these exercises, we can give you more specific instructions.

 

[JR Hester]

Thanks Suzanne:
The specific probelm is taht I cannot find a way to enforce "restart
numbering" option within the style. Can you describe how that is accomplished
within the "style" setup. I created a style named exercises with the font,
type face, indent level, and 1.5 line spacing, but the option to choose
between "continue from previous" or "restart numbering" is not apparent to me
within the style setup. Where hacve I overlooked this option?

Thanks for your assistance.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need to set up an outline-numbered list with the style you want to
restart at Level 2 and an intervening style as Level 1. See (in addition to
the outline numbering article you've already been referred to)
http://www.syntagma.demon.co.uk/FAQs/ListRestartMethods.htm