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medic_taz - 07 May 2007 20:32 GMT

Is there a way to have a numbered list count down rather than up? FOr example
starting at 10 then working to 1.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP - 07 May 2007 21:04 GMT

Use the following field construction

{ = 11 - { SEQ down }}

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> Is there a way to have a numbered list count down rather than up? FOr
> example
> starting at 10 then working to 1.

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medic_taz - 07 May 2007 21:38 GMT

I am a very novice user. I am not sure what you mean by field construction.
Would I somehow change something under the 'ormat bullets and numbers' menu?

> Use the following field construction
>
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> > example
> > starting at 10 then working to 1.

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macropod - 07 May 2007 22:37 GMT

Hi medic_taz,

To create Doug's field, press Ctrl-F9 twice, to create a pair of field braces. These will look like '{ { } }'. Then fill them in
with the coding Doug suggested.

If you then select the field and press F9, the field will update and you'll see '10'. If you then make 9 copies of the field, then
select them all and press F9 (or select them one at a time in sequence and press F9), you'll end up with your reverse numbering
sequence, from 10 to 0.

Cheers

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>I am a very novice user. I am not sure what you mean by field construction.
> Would I somehow change something under the 'ormat bullets and numbers' menu?
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>> > example
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medic_taz - 07 May 2007 23:10 GMT

Thanks, that did it.

> Hi medic_taz,
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