restarting autonumber field

[Tony]

I want to place the autonumber fields in my document to
have something like Text 1, Text 2 etc. and I know how to
do it. But I need to have this repeated three times in my
document. Is it any way to reset the autonumber so that I
will have Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 etc. and later in the
document again Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 etc.

Thanks for advice.

Regards,

Tony

 

[Raghu Prakash]

Hi Tony,

As far as the informationi have i don't think there is any easy process or
easy steps to do this.
I found a Out of the box solution...I am not sure whether this would help
You...Neverthless it is worth a try...

You have the option to Customize the Numbering. Like you have mentioned,
you also can have more than 2 custmized numbering with Text1, Text 2 and
TExt 3 AND then again with Text1, Text2, Text3. Then you can select the
First set of words or sentences and number them with the 1st customized
Text1, Text 2 and TExt 3. THEN to create a second set of word or
setences...similarly highlight the words and sentences then select the 2nd
customized numbering with Text1, Text2 and Text3.

OR

Tie your list styles to an Outline Numbered List, making the top level of
the list unnumbered. Use the top style to introduce the list, so restarting
the numbering.

OR

Type in all the words or sentences that have to be numbered. Then select
the last list that has to be numbered the list them in numbers, then moving
upwards select the last but one list to be numberd then select them with
numbers...

I hope this helps...

Thank you...
Raghu...

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Stefan Blom]

If you are using style-based numbering, you can use a hidden or
white-font LISTNUM field to restart numbering. For a detailed
discussion of this and other restart methods, see:

http://www.syntagma.demon.co.uk/FAQs/ListRestartMethods.htm

 

[tbos]

well there may be an easy way.... how bout using section
numbering. make sure where you want your numbering to
start is also the start of a new section... then use
{sectionpages} instead of {numberpages}.. (right click on
the number and click toggle field codes) and between
sections make sure that the footers or headers are not
connected. I have done this before and its quite easy.

\

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

The AutoNum field is an old legacy field included for compatibility with
older versions of Word.

In current versions of Word you should use the ListNum field instead, and if
you do you can add the \s switch to specify the number at which you want it
to start.

So Text {ListNum "AUTONUM" \s 1} will print "Text 1" every time. The next
field would be just Text { ListNum "AUTONUM } and would print "Text 2".

To set the format of the number, select the ListNum field and press TAB.
There are seven choices: keep pressing Tab until you get the one you want.

Cheers

I want to place the autonumber fields in my document to
have something like Text 1, Text 2 etc. and I know how to
do it. But I need to have this repeated three times in my
document. Is it any way to reset the autonumber so that I
will have Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 etc. and later in the
document again Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 etc.

Thanks for advice.

Regards,

Tony

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[Stefan Blom]

I don't understand how the SECTIONPAGES field could be used. This
field indicates the *number of pages* of the current section. Perhaps
you are referring to the SECTION field, which displays the current
section number in a document?

Please clarify...

 

[Guest]

Well.. if you want your numbering to start on the 3rd
page of a document for example.. On the second page put
a "section break - Next page" at the end of the second
page. now when you start your numbering on page 3 and
use sectionpages, your numbering will start at the
begining of the section... so page 3 will be number 1....

 

[Guest]

nevermind, i thought you were refering to page
numbering. i read your post wrong.

 

[Stefan Blom]

OK.

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Stefan Blom

nevermind, i thought you were refering to page
numbering. i read your post wrong.

 

[Margie]

Because a period doesn't seem to be required at the end of Text 1,
Text 2, the right field for this re-start job is logically the SEQ
field:

Text { SEQ MyList \r 1 }
Text { SEQ MyList }
Text { SEQ MyList }

Text { SEQ MyList \r 1 }
Text { SEQ MyList }
Text { SEQ MyList }

A few points concerning the LISTNUM field:

1) The optional list template name is never put in quotes. Correct
way:
{ LISTNUM MyListTemplateName \l 2 }.

2) "AUTONUM" is an invalid list template name for the LISTNUM field,
but you cannot easily tell the difference since LISTNUM never
generates an error message. LISTNUM has three list templates of its
own -- LegalDefault, NumberDefault and OutlineDefault -- but in
reality they are all members of the same list template.

3) All the LISTNUM choices will give you something following the
number -- either a period or a closing parens -- and that can't be
changed.

 

[Stefan Blom]

2) "AUTONUM" is an invalid list template name for the LISTNUM field,
but you cannot easily tell the difference since LISTNUM never
generates an error message.

All available LISTNUM list names can be found in the Insert > Field
dialog box.

Note that the names of the predefined lists have different names in
different language versions of Word. :-(

In other words: if you open a document using the LegalDefault list,
created in an English version of Word, in a different language
version, the formatting of the LegalDefault list will be wrong (it
will revert to that of the NumberDefault list).