Need help with field to sequentially number headings, please?

[Ed from AZ]

(WD 2003) I have a series of headings. Each has been assigned the
same heading style that is used nowhere else in the document. I'm
trying to use a LISTNUM field at the beginning of each heading so I
can get a sequential number even if I have to rearrange the order of
the headings or inserts a new one in the middle somewhere.

My filed code looks like:
{ LISTNUM \l 1 \s 1 }
My result is "1)".

When I copied it to the second position, it still comes up with "1)"!!

Two things:

-- I tried this in a spearate document before I tried it in my report,
and it worked wonderfully. When I copied that field code into my
report, it started numbering at 5. I deletedit and re-inserted the
code from the Insert menu. If I don't use the "start at 1" option, it
starts at 5, even though this heading style is nowhere else in the
document. Then again, I don't think this is keyed to the heading
style, so I may be wrong all the way around here??!?

-- I'd really rather have "A.", "B.", "C." then "1)", "2)", "3)",
etc. But at this point, I'll take what I can get!

Any suggestions are most welcome!

Ed

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

My guess is that the problem is the \s 1 switch. But you don't need ListNum
fields to number headings. Use ordinary paragraph numbering instead. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

 

[Ed from AZ]

Beautiful!! That did it just right. Thanks once again, Suzanne. And
many thanks to Shauna also.

Ed

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Especially thanks to Shauna!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

Beautiful!! That did it just right. Thanks once again, Suzanne. And
many thanks to Shauna also.

Ed