Outline numbering

[Guest]

I went to the Shauna Kelly website and used the information there to setup an autonumbering sequence using the Heading Styles. I have a seven-section document, and each section starts with a primary paragraph numbered as follows: "1. Title" and there may be as many as six or seven primary paragraphs in each section. The problem I now have is that the numbering of the Heading 1 style will not reset after the last primary paragraph in a section.

When I set up the autonumbering, all the other Heading styles had a "restart numbering after" selection; however, that option was greyed out for the Heading 1 style.

Is there any way to reset the Heading 1 style numbering back to "1." at the start of new section in a multi-section document?

 

[Sara]

Try placing your cursor on the second Heading 1 style and
choose Format/Bullets and Numbering and click on "Restart
numbering" on the Outline Numbered tab.

-----Original Message-----
I went to the Shauna Kelly website and used the

information there to setup an autonumbering sequence
using the Heading Styles. I have a seven-section
document, and each section starts with a primary
paragraph numbered as follows: "1. Title" and there may
be as many as six or seven primary paragraphs in each
section. The problem I now have is that the numbering of
the Heading 1 style will not reset after the last primary
paragraph in a section.

When I set up the autonumbering, all the other Heading

styles had a "restart numbering after" selection;
however, that option was greyed out for the Heading 1
style.

Is there any way to reset the Heading 1 style numbering

back to "1." at the start of new section in a multi-
section document?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Heading 1 is designed to be the top-level style. If it isn't, then set the
style that is as your top-level style (it doesn't have to be numbered).
Alternatively, use Heading 1 for these "primary paragraphs"; you can modify
the formatting to suit you; they don't have to look like headings.

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

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I went to the Shauna Kelly website and used the information there to setup

an autonumbering sequence using the Heading Styles. I have a seven-section
document, and each section starts with a primary paragraph numbered as
follows: "1. Title" and there may be as many as six or seven primary
paragraphs in each section. The problem I now have is that the numbering of
the Heading 1 style will not reset after the last primary paragraph in a
section.

When I set up the autonumbering, all the other Heading styles had a

"restart numbering after" selection; however, that option was greyed out for
the Heading 1 style.

Is there any way to reset the Heading 1 style numbering back to "1." at

the start of new section in a multi-section document?

 

[Guest]

Suzanne, Thank you for your first suggestion, I do have another level above the "primary paragraph" level; it's the section title itself (duh?), and I can then tell the "primary paragraph" (new Heading 2 style) to renumber after the section title (new Heading 1 style)
I did not understand what your "alternative" fix was, because I was already using the Heading 1 style for the "primary paragraphs." Regardless, your first fix is the one I'll use. Thanks again.