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MS Office Forum / Word / Numbering / March 2004Simple Numbering 4 Newbie
Hi, How do I quickly achieve the following numbering: 1. Text here........ 1.1 More text here............. 1.2 Yet more details 2. Text............ 2.1 Text........... 2.2 Text........ 3. and so on............. I am a newbie at this formatting/numbering stuff and would greatly appreciate the help. Tx, S There is _not_ a simple way. Avoid use of the numbering button on the toolbar. The problem is that documents that have numbering like this tend to be heavily edited, often by different people on different machines. For a good start, see: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document <URL: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html>. This is based on ... Word's Numbering Explained <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm> How to Create a Template, Part II <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm> Seven Laws of Outline Numbering <URL: 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/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=2168093ed1c9eaed,6&se ekm=muq2hs47vabsq381ngrm7fdmqj4s2e4ab2@4ax.com#p> Format Doesn't "Hold" <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=3a351382011420bf,5&se ekm=RXz39CAcCC$4Iwap@syntagma.demon.co.uk#p> (above list compiled by Dave Rado, Word MVP) ListNumbering Street Revisited <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&th=57df77857e4993ce> See the latest numbering discussion I've seen, especially post #4 which contains Dave Rado's concise instructions for setting up heading numbering. <URL: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=bce07d7714769f5c>  SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Hi, > How do I quickly achieve the following numbering: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Tx, > S See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. Follow the instructions carefully and explicitly, even if you don't understand the reason for them, and you'll have no trouble. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Hi, > How do I quickly achieve the following numbering: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Tx, > S Oh well....that is comforting.....! :) I can't believe there is no simple way and also that I should not use the Numbering button on the toolbar, which of course I have been doing.... (hence the trouble I suppose!). I will check out the instructions you have mentioned. Tx to both for the advice! S > See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. Follow > the instructions carefully and explicitly, even if you don't understand the [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Tx, > > S Even if you follow all those instructions, you have to be very carefu later on if you change your numbered styles (perhaps to amend th numbering formats etc for different needs you didn't think o originally). You may not notice any problems when you test it ou (briefly) before using it on wide scale, but corruption could creep i and manifest itself in painful ways down the track. Then you will either have to live with it (e.g. numbering cancellin each other out (permanently and undoable) when you paste, numberin flickering between numbers, zeros, ones, or nothing seemingly randoml when scrolling around, styles not being able to be copied from on document to the other without it losing all the numbering information which are some of things I've experienced over the last few years) or make up a completely new set of styles (carefully) but then you wil have to either manually fix up your existing documents (without usin the actual documents because the styling is still corrupted - may nee to copy and paste unformatted to a completely new document) or leav them as lost cases and use the new styles from now on Hi, That is unbelievable. I mean this sounds like a major glitch. And here I was thinking all this time that Word was the best word processor available! I am not sure I have the time to create brand new styles. What are the pitfalls to avoid then if I follow the instructions in the referenced web sites? S > Even if you follow all those instructions, you have to be very careful > later on if you change your numbered styles (perhaps to amend the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > ------------------------------------------------ > ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ Follow the instructions on Shauna Kelly's site. For most purposes that numbering will be unbreakable. If you are doing heavy-duty templates, then go to the extent of setting up the styles and numbering by macros as described in the other references. I doubt the other poster followed those instructions. This is not just a matter of using numbering styles but of setting up those styles following the specific steps given. SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Hi, > That is unbelievable. I mean this sounds like a major glitch. And here I [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > ------------------------------------------------ > > ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ Hi saturnin02 >And here I was thinking all this time that Word was >the best word processor available! And here's the bad news: it probably is<g>. Hope this helps. Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP. http://www.shaunakelly.com/word > Follow the instructions on Shauna Kelly's site. For most purposes that > numbering will be unbreakable. If you are doing heavy-duty templates, then [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ You're probably right Shauna.... S > Hi saturnin02 > [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] > > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/ Got it Charles. I will. Tx, S > Follow the instructions on Shauna Kelly's site. For most purposes that > numbering will be unbreakable. If you are doing heavy-duty templates, then [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > ~~ Message posted from http://www.WordForums.com/
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