You have not yet tried SEQ fields
This will make no sense unless you first look up "Field codes SEQ field" in
the Word help and study it carefully. Basically: a 'Field' is a little
capsule of computer code that tells Word to do something, which you can drop
into a document where you want it. A SEQ field causes Word to generate a
sequence number. A "Picture" switch tells Wor how to format that number (in
this case, to retain the leading zeros).
The following SEQ field code can be used to produce numbers [0001],
[0002], ..., [0010], [0011], ..., etc:
{ SEQ test \# "[0000]" }
To insert the field delimiters, {}, press Ctrl+F9. Type the code as
shown. (Note, however, that "test" is the SEQ field identifier, and
you can choose a more meaningful name for your list. A document can
have several different sequences; just use different identifiers for
them.) Press F9 to update. You can use copy and paste to insert more
fields.
SEQ fields don't update automatically, which will be especially
apparent if you use copy and paste to duplicate them. To force an
update of SEQ as well as other fields, select the whole document and
then press F9. Also, fields are updated as you switch to Print
Preview.
Hope this helps
--
John McGhie, Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. GMT + 10 Hrs
+61 4 1209 1410, <mailto:
[email protected]> mailto:
[email protected]