Specific document header numbering

[B J]

Hi...
I apologize if this is a repost, but I can't seem to find my original post
on search, although my older posts show up fine...

Our company uses a specific numbering format for some of our documents.
Since we re-use a lot of the text, it involves a fair amount of copying and
pasting up and down, and I'd love it if the automatic numbering would work
for me.

Each title level is a separate style - Heading 1 through Heading 5.

1
1.1
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
2
2.1
2.1.1
2.2
2.2.1
2.2.1.1

and so on...

When I use the "Numbering" feature on headers, I get the following:

1
1.1
1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
2
1.3
1.2.3
1.4
1.2.4
2.2.1.1

As in, each header level doesn't "break" at the presence of header text of a
different style above it. (Which is logical...)

Is there a way to do this that is easier than just doing all the copying and
pasting around, and then manually renumbering the documents? (Bear in mind
they can be a hundred pages or so, with hundreds of subsections...)

It just seems there must be a template to do this, as many documents do this.

So many documents have formats like:

1
1.a
1.a.i
1.a.ii

That there must be a way to do it!

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

For information about how to set up the numbering, see the following article
on fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website:

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

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


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