outline number in 2007

[jim]

I've been trying for hours to modify the Heading styles in a 2007 Word
document without success. I want my headings to look like:
1 heading 1
1.1 heading 2
1.1.1 heading 3
1.1.2 heading 3
2 heading 1
2.1 heading 2
2.2 heading 2
If I build a new document and define new heading styles, it works. But I
can't get the same results if I try the same technique in an existing
document. The number reset back to 1 for subsequent indentation.
Any suggestions?
This was easy in 2003. I was already put off by the user interface changes
in 2007 that had zero benefit. Now I'm mad.

 

[jim]

I'm answering my own question... I've figured out a solution, but it
shouldn't have required this.
I created a new document and modified the Heading styles to be multi-level
lists. I saved this document as a document template. Then I attached this new
..dotx template to the existing word file. That seemed to work. But I'm still
mad.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Microsoft
Word
document at:

http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

To access the dialog referred to, select the Define New Multilevel list in
the MultiLevel List pulldown

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Stefan Blom]

Also, remember to place the insertion point in the first level 1 item of
your list (with heading numbering, this means the first Heading 1 paragraph
of the document) before clicking Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New
Multilevel List.

 

[jim]

Thanks for the follow up. One of the reasons I was irritated is because I
followed all the instructions, including this one (start with the first level
1 occurence), but that didn't help. The numbering of the subsequent levels
(level 2 and level 3) were reseting to 1.1 or 1.1.1 with each new first level
heading in the document. As I mentioned, it was no problem creating a new
document that worked properly, but getting the multi-level lists to work
properly in an existing document did not work until I attached a new document
template to the existing document. In 2003, all this would have been
unnecessary.
Ordinarily, I suppose I would not have been irritated with a problem like
this (new problems always surface with new products), but I was already
extremely frustrated with the numerous user interface changes that (at least
for me) added no value.
Thanks for your attention and followup.

 

[Stefan Blom]

For problematic headings, try selecting them and pressing Ctrl+Q; this
should reset paragraph-level formatting (including numbering) to that of the
underlying style.