Numbered Lists are KILLING me!!! ~and~ Master Doc question

[Mara]

Hello, all!


I am using Word 97 on Windows XP. I have a problem that's becoming
such an annoyance I'm ready to kill my computer. I very frequently
work with large files that have multi-level numbering. In every
section (there are four), the numbering starts over again. However,
EVERY SINGLE TIME I open this file (even though the numbering was FINE
when I last worked on it/saved it) the numbers have renumbered
themselves to continue numbering from the previous section. EVERY TIME
I open this file, I have to go through it and re-do the numbering in
every section. Needless to say, this is rather time-consuming and
it's time I simply don't have to spend. Obviously, I am either missing
something, or there's a bug, and I'm inclined to think it's the former.

I also have this same file set up as a master document. The first page
is a listing of hyperlinked cross-references, which reference bookmarks
and headings in the main subdocument. However, when I send this master
document out to my coworkers (for them to add their updates and send
back), the hyperlinked cross references will not work. It says to
"click CTRL + Click on link" but that does not work either. And when I
told my boss to view it in master document view, thinking that could be
the issue, he doesn't HAVE master doc view (he works in Word 2002).

Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I'm slowly losing my mind
here.

Thanks very much for all your help!


Mara


PS: The Microsoft Knowledge base addresses the numbering problem, but
only when the file is being saved or viewed as a web page, and that is
not the case here.

 

[Gary Labowitz]

Hello, all!


I am using Word 97 on Windows XP. I have a problem that's becoming
such an annoyance I'm ready to kill my computer. I very frequently
work with large files that have multi-level numbering. In every
section (there are four), the numbering starts over again. However,
EVERY SINGLE TIME I open this file (even though the numbering was FINE
when I last worked on it/saved it) the numbers have renumbered
themselves to continue numbering from the previous section. EVERY TIME
I open this file, I have to go through it and re-do the numbering in
every section. Needless to say, this is rather time-consuming and
it's time I simply don't have to spend. Obviously, I am either missing
something, or there's a bug, and I'm inclined to think it's the former.

I am assuming you set up document with sections. When you placed page number
on a header did you use the page number button or do Insert-->Page Numbers
from the menu? From the menu you can select formatting for the page number,
which includes whether to continue from previous page or start at new page
number after a section break.

 

[Mara]

Ah, but this is not a page numbering issue... it is a multi-level
numbered (i.e. bulleted) lists issue. In any case, I solved my own
problem. For some reason, taking the sub-docs and making them part of
the master docs (instead of keeping them as sub-docs) made all the
glitches go away.

Mara