Infuriating Numbered Lists

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Fiance - 26 Jul 2006 07:40 GMT

Hello,

I have uploaded a small Word file showing an infuriating problem I have
with a numbered list:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/626462/488e1090/sharing.html

For some unknown reason, automatic numbering is "crippled" in only
two places in the whole list. It goes 5.2 then 5.2.3, 5.2.4 etc.
(refusing to produce 5.2.1 first) and it goes 7., then 7.4, 7.5 etc
(refusing to produce 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 first).

I have tried everything (transferring to another file, customizing the
list entry etc) - to no avail.

Please help me to conquer this annoyance so that I know the solution
once and for all - I have had to resort to manual numbering of lists
many times before because of this.

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Stefan Blom - 26 Jul 2006 08:27 GMT

Place the cursor at the paragraph numbered 7. In the Customize Outline
Numbered List dialog box, change the "Start at" to "1" for the second
level of numbering. Note that this does not ensure that you won't get
problems with numbering in the future. Actually, problems are to be
expected, unless you set it up carefully using styles as described at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html .

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Stefan Blom
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> Hello,
>
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> once and for all - I have had to resort to manual numbering of lists
> many times before because of this.

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Fiance - 26 Jul 2006 15:36 GMT

Thank you, Stefan, you're a true guru.

I'll be glad to create my numbered lists correctly, however, I often
receive texts with badly hampered numbered lists that I need to work on
as a basis... Thanks for the tip again!

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Stefan Blom - 28 Jul 2006 09:41 GMT

Glad I could help.

A long-term solution to the "multiple editors mess" is to provide all
editors with a common template, properly set up with numbered styles.

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Stefan Blom
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> Thank you, Stefan, you're a true guru.
>
> I'll be glad to create my numbered lists correctly, however, I often
> receive texts with badly hampered numbered lists that I need to work
> on as a basis... Thanks for the tip again!

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JohnThePresenter - 26 Jul 2006 10:11 GMT

Hi,
Please try selecting the badly-numbered paragraph and using [Right Mouse
Button]-[Bullets And Numbering] and checking the [Restart Numbering] box,
then hit [OK].

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