Outlines: Formatting them After Finished Creating Them?

[jdanniel]

May I please request some assistance with outlines? I’m using Word
2010.

Today, I made an outline, but absent-mindedly forgot to select an option
for numbering. I only remembered the Multi Level List feature after I
finished the entire outline…which is four pages long.

I went back into the outline and tried formatting it using the Multi
Level List feature, but it didn’t really do what I wanted. The outline
just didn’t format correctly. There were numbers such as 1) and 2) where
a) and b) should be.

I want the outline to look something like this:

1) Advantages of Use
a) First Advantage
b) Second Advantage
2) Disadvantages of Use
a) First Advantage
b) Second Advantage
1) Sub Heading
2) Second Subheading

I also tried collapsing the entries at Heading 1, highlighting them, and
then formatting them. That turned out to be a colossal mess.

So, my question is: What’s the easiest way of properly formatting the
outline, without having to start it over from scratch?

If you need further details from me to help solve this problem, please
let me know.

Thank you! Jd

 

[Stefan Blom]

When you created the outline, did you use heading styles consistently? In that
case, it will be a fairly simple task to apply multilevel numbering to the
headings; see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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[Stefan Blom]

More specifically, place the insertion point in the first Heading 1 paragraph.
Click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. Set up numbering
step by step, as discussed in the article.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



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[jdanniel]

Thanks again for your assistance! J

 

[Stefan Blom]

You are welcome (again).

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




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