Your styles system is too complicated.

[JRC]

I am using Word 2003 and I can't make the numbering system work! It has been
broken for many versions but seems especially broken in 2003.

In this particular instance I have a document that is completely out of
control. A heading 2 numbers itself independently of the heading 1.
Periodically styles that I have set to Normal reset themselves to Heading
2's, etc. I have fooled with the numbering options and nothing changes.

It seems that when a type is defined, Word should enforce that style.
Furthermore, there should be a way to reset a style to a known condition.

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[Charles Kenyon]

Yes, it is broken. It can be made to work, but that requires planning and
work on your part. You will need to scrap the current numbering and start
over.

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

Legal Numbering
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/numbering.htm

Seven Laws of Outline Numbering
http://www.microsystems.com/fra_sevenlawsofoutlinenumbering.htm

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>


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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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[papatock]

It is not only complicated,- it also seems to contain bugs. So it is
difficult to find out whether problems derived from the system or from the
use of it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

FWIW, if you want outline numbering, you need to set it up according to
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. You also
need to disable "Define styles based on your formatting" (see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/TameAutoFormat.htm). And you can reset
any paragraph to the style definition: Ctrl+Q for paragraph formatting,
Ctrl+Spacebar for character formatting.

It is not only complicated,- it also seems to contain bugs. So it is
difficult to find out whether problems derived from the system or from the
use of it.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...3&dg=microsoft.public.word.application.errors