Heading numbering

[misterius]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Heading numbering in Word 2008 gives me a headache.

Here are a couple of problems:

1. Say you create a style called 'Heading L2', which is based on 'Heading L1'. Everything is OK, until you go to 'Numbering' and tie the numbering to style 'Heading L2'. This causes 'Heading L1' to lose its numbering. Is this normal?
2. Another problem happens (this doesn't happen consistently, but often enough) when you create a new heading, say, 'Heading L3', which is based on 'Heading L2'. After setting the numbering format, the freaking numbers don't reflect the hierarchy. The first time you use 'Heading L3', its number is always 1.1.1, no matter which L2 section it's in.

Any help with these? Please....

 

[John McGhie]

OK: this is a classic example of the difficulties you can get into if you
do not use the built-in "Heading 1" through "Heading 9" styles for your
headings.

The built-in styles contain hard-coded properties that make them "just work"
when used with numbering.

Rather than me type it all out for you, Shauna as already done it, here:
www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

Follow her method exactly, and don't try to skip any steps to save time.

It WILL work, I promise!

Very briefly, you need an Outline type of List to work with more than one
style. You are using "Numbered" lists, each of which has only one level.
Which means the numbering on each of your heading levels is not related to
the numbering on any other levels -- they're all different lists!

Cheers

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Heading numbering in Word 2008 gives me a headache.

Here are a couple of problems:

1. Say you create a style called 'Heading L2', which is based on 'Heading L1'.
Everything is OK, until you go to 'Numbering' and tie the numbering to style
'Heading L2'. This causes 'Heading L1' to lose its numbering. Is this normal?
2. Another problem happens (this doesn't happen consistently, but often
enough) when you create a new heading, say, 'Heading L3', which is based on
'Heading L2'. After setting the numbering format, the freaking numbers don't
reflect the hierarchy. The first time you use 'Heading L3', its number is
always 1.1.1, no matter which L2 section it's in.

Any help with these? Please....

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