Trouble adding new styles to an existing template - similar to outline Heading 2 but centered

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rokrice18@gmail.com - 22 Jun 2006 18:52 GMT

Using Word 2000 - Every time I try to add new styles (similar to style
Heading 2), the formatting of the new style "upsets" the formatting of
the existing style "Heading 2"

1. The new styles' numbering should follow (as does style "Heading
2") from style "Heading 1"
2. The new styles formatting should, at the very least, be centered
3. These new styles will be named something like "Supportive Table"
and "Supportive Figure"
4. It would be nice if the new styles could put in the prefix
"Supportive Table" and "Supportive Figure"

EXAMPLE of what I would like:

1 HEADING 1

Body Text Paragraph(s)

1.1 Heading 2

Body Text Paragraph(s)

1.1.1 Heading 3

Body Text Paragraph(s)

2 HEADING 1

3 HEADING 1 (i.e., SUPPORTIVE TABLES)

Supportive Table 3.1 Table Title (centered)

TABLE HERE (centered)

Supportive Table 3.2 Table Title (centered)

TABLE HERE (centered)

4.0 HEADING 1 (i.e., SUPPORTIVE FIGURES)

Supportive Figure 4.1 Figure Title (centered)

FIGURE HERE (centered)

Supportive Figure 4.2 Figure Title (centered)

FIGURE HERE (centered)
5.0 HEADING 1

Body Text Paragraph(s)

EXAMPLE of what happens:

1 HEADING 1

Body Text Paragraph(s)

Heading 2 (centered)

Body Text Paragraph(s)

1.1.1 Heading 3

Body Text Paragraph(s)

2 HEADING 1

3 HEADING 1 (i.e., SUPPORTIVE TABLES)

Supportive Table 3.1 Table Title (centered)

TABLE HERE (centered)

Supportive Table 3.2 Table Title (centered)

TABLE HERE (centered)

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Margaret Aldis - 23 Jun 2006 12:45 GMT

I'm not clear if you need the numbering of the figures and tables to be part
of the same numbering as Heading 2 or not - i.e. within a hypothetical
section 3 (Heading 1) would you want

3.1 Heading 2
Table 3.2
Figure 3.3

OR

3.1 Heading 2
Table 3.1
Figure 3.1

If the latter (or if the heading 2s, tables and figures are all in separate
sections anyway) then the easiest solution is probably to use Word
captions - take the numbering option to "include chapter number" with
Heading 1 as the "chapter".

If you really need the tables and figures to share Heading 2 numbering, then
first set up your Heading numbering as described in

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

Provided you have no other numbering or bulleting in the document, you can
pick up the same numbering with LISTNUM fields within your table and figure
headings. Use styles to set the centring and spacing, but don't base on
Heading 2.

(If you didn't need the prefix, you could alternatively do this by setting
up the new styles to be based on Heading 2, but *don't* touch numbering
(don't even peek!). In the Paragraph dialog for the styles, change the
justification to centred but *don't* attempt to change the indents. I'm not
sure if you will get away with adding a tab to control the number position
on the centred heading (don't touch the initial tab that comes from the
numbering format) but you could try if you wish.)

Hope this helps

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> Using Word 2000 - Every time I try to add new styles (similar to style
> Heading 2), the formatting of the new style "upsets" the formatting of
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> TABLE HERE (centered)

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