I am trying to create heading styles with specific formatting and
numbering levels/formats. However, whenever I try to get the list to
continue numbering from the previous list, it starts over. For
example, I am in the Findings section with a section number of 3. The
findings section has two subsections labeled Overview, with a number
of 3.1, and Conclusions, with a number 3.2. Now, when I try to create
a third level under Overview and give it a number of 3.1.1, it starts
over at 1.1.1 no matter what I do. So if I do "set numbering
value...." and choose continue from previous list and check the skip
values box, all the other numbers are re-entered like:
1
2
3
3.1
3.1.1

They only show up when you show all chars but I don't want them to
show up. It should look like this:

3 Findings
3.1 Overview
3.1.1 Third level
3.2 Conclusions

Any ideas on how to set that up?

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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>I am trying to create heading styles with specific formatting and
> numbering levels/formats. However, whenever I try to get the list to
> continue numbering from the previous list, it starts over. For
> example, I am in the Findings section with a section number of 3. The
> findings section has two subsections labeled Overview, with a number
> of 3.1, and Conclusions, with a number 3.2. Now, when I try to create
> a third level under Overview and give it a number of 3.1.1, it starts
> over at 1.1.1 no matter what I do. So if I do "set numbering
> value...." and choose continue from previous list and check the skip
> values box, all the other numbers are re-entered like:
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 3.1
> 3.1.1
>
> They only show up when you show all chars but I don't want them to
> show up. It should look like this:
>
> 3 Findings
> 3.1 Overview
> 3.1.1 Third level
> 3.2 Conclusions
>
> Any ideas on how to set that up?
>

On Feb 14, 12:22 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> <dlupise...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:53d3dcb9-04ac-4f1d-aa1c-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >I am trying to create heading styles with specific formatting and
> > numbering levels/formats. However, whenever I try to get the list to
> > continue numbering from the previous list, it starts over. For
> > example, I am in the Findings section with a section number of 3. The
> > findings section has two subsections labeled Overview, with a number
> > of 3.1, and Conclusions, with a number 3.2. Now, when I try to create
> > a third level under Overview and give it a number of 3.1.1, it starts
> > over at 1.1.1 no matter what I do. So if I do "set numbering
> > value...." and choose continue from previous list and check the skip
> > values box, all the other numbers are re-entered like:
> > 1
> > 2
> > 3
> > 3.1
> > 3.1.1
>
> > They only show up when you show all chars but I don't want them to
> > show up. It should look like this:
>
> > 3 Findings
> > 3.1 Overview
> > 3.1.1 Third level
> > 3.2 Conclusions
>
> > Any ideas on how to set that up?

How would I do this in Word 2007? Not as easy.

Place the insertion point inside a paragraph using the top-level style of
your outline. Click the Home tab on the ribbon. Click Multilevel List (in
the Paragraph group), and then click Define New Multilevel List. This will
display a dialog box similar to the Customize Outline Numbered List dialog
box of previous versions, and it allows you to edit the numbering as in
previous versions.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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> On Feb 14, 12:22 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Seehttp://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> <dlupise...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:53d3dcb9-04ac-4f1d-aa1c-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> >I am trying to create heading styles with specific formatting and
>> > numbering levels/formats. However, whenever I try to get the list to
>> > continue numbering from the previous list, it starts over. For
>> > example, I am in the Findings section with a section number of 3. The
>> > findings section has two subsections labeled Overview, with a number
>> > of 3.1, and Conclusions, with a number 3.2. Now, when I try to create
>> > a third level under Overview and give it a number of 3.1.1, it starts
>> > over at 1.1.1 no matter what I do. So if I do "set numbering
>> > value...." and choose continue from previous list and check the skip
>> > values box, all the other numbers are re-entered like:
>> > 1
>> > 2
>> > 3
>> > 3.1
>> > 3.1.1
>>
>> > They only show up when you show all chars but I don't want them to
>> > show up. It should look like this:
>>
>> > 3 Findings
>> > 3.1 Overview
>> > 3.1.1 Third level
>> > 3.2 Conclusions
>>
>> > Any ideas on how to set that up?
>
> How would I do this in Word 2007? Not as easy.