Outline Numbering + Indents + Run-in Sidehead

[Keith]

I've set up all my Heading styles to use Outline Numbering that indent
about .25" each level.

Currently, all Heading styles specify Body Text as the style of the
following paragraph.

Some of the headings level (2, 3 and 4) will utilize Run-in Sideheads
(paragraph continues on same line as heading).

The problem is that as I format the heading levels with Run-in
sideheads the Body Text indents take precidence over the Heading
indents and the second line in the paragraph is too far to the left
instead of lining up with the Heading (not the number, but my heading
text).

I'm thinking that I'll probably have to create "Body Text 2", "Body
Text 3" and "Body Text 4" styles that have the same indents as
specified for the outline numbering for Headings 2, 3 and 4, but I
wanted to see if there's a better way to handling it.

Thanks,
Keith

 

[Bruce Brown]

Keith -

Depends on whether levels 2, 3 and 4 need to appear in the table of
contents.

If they don't, why not just turn off the underlining and/or bold
immediately following the sidehead, so the rest of the paragraph is
unformatted?

If they do, and you're using a hidden paragraph mark to get two styles
on the same lne, why not consider using one of the built-in List
Continue styles to follow the Heading style instead of creating your
own Body Text styles? The List Continue styles are made for
continuing indents established by the built-in List Number styles, but
there's no reason you couldn't modify them to suit your needs at
levels 2, 3 and 4. - Bruce

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Hi Keith:

There's no "better" way to handle this until you get to Word 2002 (Word XP).

Word 2002 will do a genuine Run-In heading using a Style Separator instead
of a paragraph mark. A Style Separator is effectively a hidden paragraph
mark. Look it up in the help.

What *I* do is to set the text tab on Headings 1 through 4 to 3 cm. I then
set the Body Text margin to 3 cm.

I then arrive at this:
1 Heading 1 text
body text goes here
1.1 Heading 2 text
Body text goes here
1.1.1 Heading 3 text
More body text

So as you can see, I have the heading numbering forming three visual
"columns" for fast scanability, and the heading text in a uniform position
in the Text column, aligned with the body text. Not perfect, but it is
visually distinct, it looks pleasing, scans well, and it involves only one
body text style instead of three.

Hope this helps

I've set up all my Heading styles to use Outline Numbering that indent
about .25" each level.

Currently, all Heading styles specify Body Text as the style of the
following paragraph.

Some of the headings level (2, 3 and 4) will utilize Run-in Sideheads
(paragraph continues on same line as heading).

The problem is that as I format the heading levels with Run-in
sideheads the Body Text indents take precidence over the Heading
indents and the second line in the paragraph is too far to the left
instead of lining up with the Heading (not the number, but my heading
text).

I'm thinking that I'll probably have to create "Body Text 2", "Body
Text 3" and "Body Text 4" styles that have the same indents as
specified for the outline numbering for Headings 2, 3 and 4, but I
wanted to see if there's a better way to handling it.

Thanks,
Keith

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