Listnum shows bullet

[steve franks]

I'm revising a document, which contains a table.
In the second column of the table are a number of cells
containing bulleted items.
When I try to insert a ListNum field in the first column
of the next row, all I get is a bullet. I've tried
insertin a blank 'unbulleted' row, but it makes no
difference.
The ListNum is a continuation of a list that starts before
the bullets, the field code {ListNUM \l 2} is visible in
the cell, but the result is a bullet.
Any suggestions?

 

[Stefan Blom]

The LISTNUM field, when entered without a name, always
uses the formatting of the previously applied list.
("Lists" include numbered as well as bulleted lists in
this context.) I believe this is the way the field was
intended to work: if you want to insert an outline number
in the middle of a paragraph, you insert a LISTNUM field
at the appropriate place; and you get the formatting of
the "current" list. (You can specify a numbering level by
using the \L switch, and you can restart numbering when
desired by using the \s switch.)

By contrast, if you insert a LISTNUM field with a name
included, you'll get the formatting of the specified list.
There are three built-in LISTNUM field names, namely
LegalDefault, OutlineDefault and NumberDefault, the first
of which creates legal style numbering. For example, the
following three LISTNUM fields:

{ LISTNUM LegalDefault \l 1 \s 1 }
{ LISTNUM LegalDefault \l 2 }
{ LISTNUM LegalDefault \l 2 }

would produce the following numbers:

1.
1.1.
1.2.

In theory you can create your own lists by specifying a
LISTNUM field name when you define your outline numbering
scheme. However, this procedure might not be stable. For a
detailed discussion about named LISTNUM fields, search the
newsgroups archives at http://www.google.com.

My question is: why do you need to use a LISTNUM field in
the table? Isn't it possible to use numbered styles to
continue the numbering from the document body into the
table cell? For more information about setting up outline
numbering, see:

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

A different way to create numbering that you control
completely would be to use SEQ fields. For more
information, see Word Help.

Does this help?

Stefan

 

[Stefan Blom]

Corrected version of my response
********************************

The LISTNUM field, when inserted without a name, always
uses the formatting of the previously applied list.
(Note that LISTNUM lists include numbered as well as
bulleted lists.) I believe this is the way the field was
designed to work: if you want to insert an outline number
in the middle of a paragraph, you insert a LISTNUM field
at the appropriate place; and you get the formatting of
the "current" list. (The LISTNUM field does allow for a
certain amount of formatting: You can specify a numbering
level by using the \L switch, and you can restart
numbering when desired by using the \s switch.)

In contrast, if you insert a LISTNUM field with a name
included, you'll get the formatting of the specified list.
There are three built-in LISTNUM field names, namely
LegalDefault, OutlineDefault and NumberDefault, the first
of which creates legal style numbering. For example, the
following three LISTNUM fields:

{ LISTNUM LegalDefault \l 1 \s 1 }
{ LISTNUM LegalDefault \l 2 }
{ LISTNUM LegalDefault \l 2 }

would produce the following numbers:

1.
1.1.
1.2.

In theory you can create your own lists by specifying a
LISTNUM field name when you define your outline numbering
scheme. However, this procedure might not be stable. For a
detailed discussion about named LISTNUM fields, search the
newsgroups archives at http://www.google.com.

My question is: why do you need to use a LISTNUM field in
the table? Isn't it possible to use numbered styles to
continue the numbering from the document body into the
table cell? For more information about setting up outline
numbering, see:

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

A different way to create numbering that you control
completely would be to use SEQ fields. For more
information, see Word Help.

Does this help?

Stefan