Hi:
In my first sentence I said "It does seem to let me create separate
lists though." Sorry: It seems to work for me almost as the help file
states. The only additional requirement seems to be that I actually
set the style for each list in the Bullets & Numbering dialog.
I have a document with listnum fields that are in separate lists,
without manually setting numbering restarts. I can intermix as many
lists as I want, putting the lists one after the other, or completely
intermixing the fields. Once I have done this everything works
excellently. Numbering is distinct to each list. I can send you a
document as an example if you don't believe me. The only issue I have
is that when I set a numbering style for a given listnum field through
the B & N dialog, the numbers in the fields above it go to 0's. An
undo/redo will fix this, as will saving the document and reopening. I
was just asking if there was a workaround for having to undo/redo or
save/reopen the doc.
SEQ fields will not work for me as I need to do outline style lists
with numbers such as 1.1, 1.2, or (1)(a), (1)(b), etc. and it does not
appear that I can do this with SEQ fields.
:-(
Not so cheery
Hi:
In my third sentence I said "You can't do this". Sorry: That's the
current
state of play.
You CANNOT create extra "lists" for the ListNum field. There are only
three
lists, and they control the formatting. Any name you specify other than
the
default names will be ignored.
I swear this is a bug: and I have looked for years for a work-around, but
it's not there. You can't do it that way.
Use SEQ fields: this scenario is one of the reasons they are still with
us
Cheers
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Hmmm, it does seem to let me create separate lists though. If I add
3 LISTNUM fields and name them so that my doc looks like
{ LISTNUM test1 }
{ LISTNUM test2 }
{ LISTNUM test3 }
and then use the "bullets and numbering" dialog to give each of them a
style with a name I get the aforementioned bug. If I then erase the
fields from the document and insert the folowing into the doc
{ LISTNUM test1 }
{ LISTNUM test2 }
{ LISTNUM test3 }
{ LISTNUM test3 }
{ LISTNUM test2 }
{ LISTNUM test1 }
The document looks like this
Article I.
Chapter 1
1)
2)
Chapter 2
Article II.
I would expect that if they were the same list it would instead look
like
Article I.
Chapter 2
3)
4)
Chapter 5
Article VI.
It does appear that you can create multiple lists, but if you name a
list and don't select a style from the "Bullets and Numbering" tab, it
treats that LISTNUM field as if it were named "NumberDefault".
I got around this bug by changing the order in which I perform the
actions to generate the document.
Also, is there a way to create the list name as the "bullets and
numbering" dialog does, without actually inserting a number in the
document. The reason for this is that I am trying to automate a
document, and I would like for the user to set up the list style, then
I can just pop the LISTNUM fields into the doc. They can use the
dialog, but it inserts a number at the current line, which they must
then delete. This works, but it is a bit kludgey. It would be much
nicer and cleaner if there were a way to configure the LISTNUM
numbering style without actually inserting an item.
Thanks for your help,
On Apr 18, 11:49 pm, "John McGhie [MVP Word, Word Mac]"
Yes, it IS a bug in Word, or rather, it's a bug in the help.
The Help for a ListNum field gives the impression that you can assign
your
own names to ListNum field series.
The name indicates only the type of structure a List has: the name
must
be
one of the built-in names.
If you do not assign a name, the name "NumberDefault" is assumed.
You CAN create a numbering style using Outline Numbering. You can
associate
the nine levels of that number scheme (a "List Template") to a set of
nine
styles (preferrably, use the Heading 1 through Heading 9 series: it's
simpler).
You can then assign a "Name" to that list template. If you do, you
can
then
connect ListNum fields to that list template by specifying the same
name
as
the ListNum field list name.
It still won't do what you want: give you two independently numbering
sets
of fields in the document.
For that, you need to use SEQ fields.
Hope this helps
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I am having issues using multiple lists with the LISTNUM field in
Word
2003. I have broken the issue down to a simple replicatable case.
I
insert 2 LISTNUM fields, each on a different line. I then name the
first list "Test" and the second list "Test2". At this point the
fields are "1)" and "2)". I then change the format of the the
second
one using the "Bullets and Numbering" dialog (for example, to the
"Chapter 1" format in the bottom right corner of the "Outline
Numbered" tab. The document now shows the first field as "Chapter
0"
and the second field as "Chapter 1" instead of "1)" and "Chapter 1"
as
expected. If I undo and then redo at this point, however, it shows
up
correctly. Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug with Word?
And if this is a Word bug, is there a workaround.
