Tracking, AutoCorrect and Numbering

[danhattan]

I'm editing a document and have Tracking turned on. When I use any of my
custom auto correct entries, Word will randomly change the numbering further
down the document and track the changes as if I'd purposely changed the
numbering. Worse, it adjusts the numbering far enough down the document that
the affected numbering is just below the bottom of the screen and not visible
until I work my way down the document.

Anyone else seen this or know how to make it stop? Thanks, all.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Track changes does _track changes_. If you have automatic numbering, changes
in numbering are still changes.

I'm not sure what your custom AutoCorrect entries might have to do with
numbering.

You should make sure that your numbering is set up for stability. This is
hard to do, at least at first. It does _not_ happen by default. By default,
Word's numbering is a mess waiting to become a disaster.

See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. (For
bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html, the
subject is related.)

This is based on ...

Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm

Additional information you may find useful or need is at:

How to Create a Template, Part II
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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[danhattan]

Thanks. Not sure stability is the complete answer to my problem because Word
was only changing part of the list. As an example, the document had a list
that had 45 numbered steps. and Word restarted numbering at step 33 at number
21, finishing the 46 step list at number 34. Tres bizarre.

I'm reading the base document, and it contains a link to a document titled
"How to cure Word's List Numbering with a dose of VBA". However, it's a
broken link. Do you know where that document might be found? Thanks.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

It never was fully written. It was a link to a group of newsgroup threads.

The following are some discussions on the Microsoft newsgroups on numbering:
Nightmare on ListNumbering Street <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=9e790fa7ed2886b3,18&ic=1>
The Joy of Lists <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=811287ebce8fc203,15&ic=1>
Relinking ListTemplates <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=2350746054c838e,12&ic=1>
Outline numbering: restart doesn't restart <URL:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]#p>
Format Doesn't "Hold" <URL:
http://groups.google.com/[email protected]#p>
(above list compiled by Dave Rado, Word MVP)

ListNumbering Street Revisited <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&th=57df77857e4993ce>

See the latest numbering discussion I've seen, especially post #4 which
contains Dave Rado's concise instructions for setting up heading numbering.
<URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=bce07d7714769f5c>

I would recommend simply following the steps in Shauna's web page.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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