Reset Autonum field

[Stevebri]

I am trying to do a simple report where I have
Q1
Obj1
Obj2
Obj3
Q2
Obj 1
Obj 2
etc.
Using the Autonum field I can esaily rearrange them. Only problem is I get
Q1
Obj1
Obj2
Obj3
Q2
Obj 4
Obj 5
etc.

How can I tell Word to restart the numbering?

 

[Greg Maxey]

I am trying to do a simple report where I have
Q1
  Obj1
  Obj2
  Obj3
Q2
  Obj 1
  Obj 2
  etc.  
Using the Autonum field I can esaily rearrange them.  Only problem is Iget
Q1
  Obj1
  Obj2
  Obj3
Q2
  Obj 4
  Obj 5
  etc.  

How can I tell Word to restart the numbering?

I don't think you can. You can however use a SEQ field and a reset
swith:

{ SEQ A }
{SEQ B }
{SEQ B }
{SEQ B }

{ SEQ A }
{SEQ B \r 1 }
{SEQ B }
{SEQ B }

 

[PamC via OfficeKB.com]

Or use a two-level outline/multilevel list and a separate paragraph style
linked to each level.

PamC

I am trying to do a simple report where I have
Q1

[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]

How can I tell Word to restart the numbering?

I don't think you can. You can however use a SEQ field and a reset
swith:

{ SEQ A }
{SEQ B }
{SEQ B }
{SEQ B }

{ SEQ A }
{SEQ B \r 1 }
{SEQ B }
{SEQ B }

 

[Peter Jamieson]

Roughly speaking, the numbering dislayed by Autonum fields is controlled
by the /Outline level/ of the paragraph (and for the built-in Heading
styles, that is probably determined by the Style itself rather than for
individual paragraphs.

If you go to Format->Paragraph (in Word 2007, Page layout tab->Paragraph
section, and click the small icon at the bottom right to open the full
paragraph dialog box, then Indents and Spacing->Outline level.

Personally, I would avoid AUTONUM fields - if you have a straightforward
numbering requirement in a recent version of Word, it is probably better
to use a multilevel numbered list (as mentioned by PamC), and if you
have to use a field-based approach, an approach based on SEQ fields (as
mentioned by Greg) is probably more reliable (although you do have to
update SEQ fields manually) because you can define all the
characteristics of the numbering in the fields themselves and you do not
have to worry about all your outline levels being correct.

Peter Jamieson

http://tips.pjmsn.me.uk

 

[gr8auntieokie]

Also, if/whenever you go into Define New Multilevel List to fix something
that's not working right on any of the levels of your outline, make sure you
put your cursor in the FIRST auto-numbered paragraph in the document before
you fix the whatever-it-is-that's-wrong. If you don't, then the levels of
your outline can forget that they're supposed to start over after the
previous level, and you'll get the
Q1
Obj1
Obj2
Obj3
Q2
Obj 4
Obj 5
problem you described before.

Tip: Add a button to your Quick Access Toolbar for the "Define New
Multilevel List" function and then you can click on it whenever you need to
fix your outline.

Cyndie Browning
GableGotwals
Tulsa, OK