Winword error when re-numbering

[Rick Kalifa]

I have a user who is selecting a whole page, that is already number, and is
changing the start number. When he does that, he gets Winword.exe has
generated errors... and then it closes.

We are on Office 2000 and SP1.

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Rick Kalifa.

 

[Ron]

What is it that is numbered? Is it a list, paragraphs or pages and is it
simple numbering or more complex numbering?

 

[Rick Kalifa]

It is 1 line, maybe 2 line sentences and it is simple numbering. No
indentions. Pretty straight forward.

RK.

 

[Margaret Aldis]

Hi Rick -

Do you mean that the user is selecting a group of numbered paragraphs and
then trying to use Format > Bullets and Numbering to set a start number?

My guess is that there are several different lists and list templates within
the selection (not unlikely with direct list formatting and previous use of
the abominable B&N dialog or toolbar number button) and Word is getting
'confused' and throwing in the towel.

I would treat the document as corrupt and either save out to (unfiltered)
HTML and reopen in Word, or copy and paste all but the last paragraph mark
to a new file, but really the best advice would be to get the user to set up
consistent numbering using styles for reliability. Lots more information on
this in the archives of this group.

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Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
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[Rick Kalifa]

Thanks for everyone's reply on this one. It turns out that we were able to
select the first numbered sentence on the page, change the start number, and
the rest renumbered automatically.

Thanks again for everyone's help.

Rick Kalifa.