Multilevel lists

[TheWizEd]

I have never had so much trouble creating a multi-level list and table of
contents than with Word 2007. I can not control the numbering in outline and
get a table of contents. The numbering does not seem to continue from the
previous number no matter how many times I tell it to. It jumps back and
start at 1 even though it has multiple sub levels attached.

Wow. It totally unituitive.

 

[radford sallee]

I have never had so much trouble creating a multi-level list and tabl
of contents than with Word 2007. I can not control the numbering i
outline and get a table of contents. The numbering does not seem t
continue from the previous number no matter how many times I tell i
to. It jumps back and start at 1 even though it has multiple su
levels attached.

I have the same problem in constructing an outline for a paper that
am writing. I'm sure this would be easy if I knew a great deal abou
Word, but for now I want it to simply mimic a good typewriter. I'd lik
to be able to use the tab key to do my own indentions, and add my ow
numerals and letters to items in the outline. But MS Office Word 0
will not allow me to place text where I want it to go, and the progra
often overrides and changes the numbers or letters that I have assigne
to items.

It’s very annoying to append something to, say, "Item 3" in th
outline, and watch with dismay as Word automatically renames m
addition as "Item 4," then proceeds through the entire outline
changing the actual Item 4 to Item 5, etc. etc.

Eventually I want to learn how to use Word as it was designed to b
used, but for now, I'd like know how to place numbers and letters an
punctuation exactly where I want them on the screen. How, please

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can still number manually. First apply one of the List styles, which
have a hanging indent built in. Or apply a hanging indent to your paragraph.
You can either type numbers and Undo Word's AutoFormat, or you can go to
Office Button | Word Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat
As You Type and disable automatic numbered lists (and any more of the
AutoFormat items you don't want); for more, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[radford sallee]

You can still number manually. First apply one of the List styles o
....
(from) Suzanne S. Barnhill....

Thanks, Suzanne, I'll read those instructions. They sound like what
need. I still wish Word included a command like "temporarily become
typewriter, 1940s Olympia," but that's probably a temporary conditio
called ignorance. - Ra

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you disable all the AutoFormat As You Type options (even though some of
them are actually quite useful), you'll be close to having a typewriter,
with the exception that lines will wrap without your having to press the
carriage return lever. This is, needless to say, not the most effective way
to use Word (some good places to start letting Word help are first-line
indents instead of an initial tab character and Spacing After instead of
pressing Enter twice), but it does get you back to basics.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org