I know how to use the custom outline numbeirng in Word, what I am trying to
find a way to do is create a custom outline that has place keeping sapces to
teh left of the outline numbers. These placekeeping lines must all be aligned
against the left margin, regardless of what level the outline is at. in other
words they can not indent with the different outline levels. As a short
example of what I am trying to do, see below.

         1.0 Section Heading (no placekeeping marks at this level)
 
 ___ ___   1.1 Sub-step. There may be at any level in the outline a need
               for one or two spaces as some steps could require a second
               party to perform a verification that the step was completed.
 
 ___ ___     1.1.1 The checkoff spaces need to remain at the left margin,
                          they can not indent with the sub-steps. Text must
be
                          aligned as shown here. If a step text is longer
than one
                          line then the text must not fall under the step
number,
                          it must be aligned as shown.
     
 ___                    A. At the fourth level upper case letters are used.
Here
                             only one placekeeping space is shown, but it
could have
                             been two.
   
 ___                       1. Fifth level step. Also, as shown here, a
blank line
                                 ( as in <CR/LF  )should follow (or proceed
whichever
          way you want to look at it) each step. If that could be
                      included as part of the scheme that would be a big plus.
     
 ___                           a. Lower case letters at this level.
     
 ___ ___                         1) Level 7. Somehow need the option to
have one or
                                          two placekeeping spaces at the
left margin, this
                                          need (one or two) can vary with
each step.

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I have been able to accomplish all this (duplicating the outline layout)
except for how to setup the placekeeping space(s) at the left margin. Some of
the procedures that I want to convert over from WP6.1 and WP9 have many
pages, a few are a hundred pages long. Word does not seem to like anything to
the left of the outline numbering, where WordPerfect takes it in stride as no
big deal. Please tell me there is a way to duplicate this functionality in
Word2000, as I hate working with WordPerfect.