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MS Office Forum / Word / Numbering / April 20089 levels of outline indentation is not enough!
Friends, I am working on a lengthy document that needs (probably) 15 or more levels of outline indentation. Is there a way to do this in Word? I'm currently still using Word 2003. Is there a work around? Are there other products that might give me more outline levels as well as a decent word processor? Any suggestions appreciated! Bob. Aside from the issue of whether the human brain can even comprehend that many levels, how do you differentiate them once you've exhausted I, A, 1, a, i, etc.? Or do you propose to use 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 all the way to 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1?  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Friends, I am working on a lengthy document that needs (probably) 15 or > more [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Bob. Hi, Suzanne, thanks for your reply. My brain is quite human, I assure you! My last project like this reached 22 levels at one point in the outline; it just depends on the type of analysis being done. However, that was a manual project and I really hope to computerize the next one. So far as differentiating, I could use any concise series of numbers and digits combined with parens or brackets, I would really be using spatial indentation as my primary visual context indicator. In a manual project I usually use 1/4 inch graph paper to keep levels aligned. I really would like to use Word, it provides so many useful tools plus the ability to easily edit. Is one really limited to 9 levels of indentation in a Word outline? Is there no way to expand this? Could one define styles that would be easy to use? Of course one of the great advantages with Word outlines is that one can reassign levels so easily. Anyway, any suggestions appreciated! Or, if it just can't be usefully done in Word it would be better to know now than later. Bob | Aside from the issue of whether the human brain can even comprehend that | many levels, how do you differentiate them once you've exhausted I, A, 1, a, [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] | > | > Bob. > Friends, I am working on a lengthy document that needs (probably) 15 or more > levels of outline indentation. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Is there a work around? Are there other products that might give me more > outline levels as well as a decent word processor? The only app I know that can handle that is FrameMaker. But it sounds like you might need to organize differently -- the brain doesn't give a crap after two or three levels of hierarchy. > > Friends, I am working on a lengthy document that needs (probably) 15 or more > > levels of outline indentation. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > you might need to organize differently -- the brain doesn't give a crap after > two or three levels of hierarchy. I agree - there is a serious organizational problem with any document that "needs" so many outline levels. SignaturePeter Aitken Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers www.tech-word.com > Friends, I am working on a lengthy document that needs (probably) 15 or more > levels of outline indentation. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Bob. Hi, Have a look at http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.numbering/msg/d6ba1d023c888 b81?dmode=source SignatureCheers Robert
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