How to switch from Chapter to Annex numbering midway thru a large.

[OwlCat1212]

How does one get both Chapter numbers and Annex numbers to coexist in a
single document?

My chapters are numbered 1,2,3 ... with subsections 1.1, 1.1.1, etc. Tables
and Figures within the chapters include the chapter number (e.g., in chapter
3: 3-1, 3-2, etc.)

Then I get to the annexes and want the rest of the document to be numbered
Annex A, A.1, A.1.1, etc. And I want figures and tables in the annex to be
labeled A-1, A-2, B-1, etc.

I've tried several ways to insert section breaks, start new lists, change
multilevel numbering schemes, etc., but it always messes up the Chapter
numbering as well, either changing all the chapter numbers to letters (A, B,
C, ...) or causing the chapters and all subsections to lose their numbers
entirely.

TIA

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

See the following page of fellow MVP Shauna Kelly's website:

http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[Stefan Blom]

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/NumberingAppendixes.html.

 

[OwlCat1212]

Thanks to both Doug and Stefan for their replies. I have looked at the link
you provided and some of the information might be helpful. However, her
suggestion that one use half the headings for chapters and half for annexes
(appendices) is USELESS for me; the document I am editing goes up to 8 levels
of headings deep. (It is an engineering spec). However, if I follow the rest
of her advice, it might maked the situation manageable.

 

[OwlCat1212]

Thanks to both Doug and Stefan for their replies. I have looked at the link
you provided and some of the information might be helpful. However, her
suggestion that one use half the headings for chapters and half for annexes
(appendices) is USELESS for me; the document I am editing goes up to 8 levels
of headings deep. (It is an engineering spec). However, if I follow the rest
of her advice, it might maked the situation manageable.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP on news.microsoft.com]

As a person who spent a good part of my working life creating technical
specifications and procedures, I have no hesitation in saying that any
specification that requires 8 levels of numbering needs to be re-arranged.
In almost all cases, three levels is the maximum that I have used and on
very rare occasions up to 5.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

 

[OwlCat1212]

I really don't want to get into a flame war, but with all due respect, I find
your non-answer UNHELPFUL and arrogant.

First of all, I don't have the authority to re-arrange [sic] the spec.

Secondly, since there are numerous cross references to details of the spec
that are buried deep within formats, I DO THINK that in this case more than
three or five levels of numbering are warranted.

And thirdly, the specification--which, admittedly, WAS developed by a
committee--is too huge to rearrange (it will probably net out at over 2000
pages).

You are entitled to your opinion, but I don't think even you could
successfully rearrange this specificaiton to less than 5 levels of detail
within any reasonable level or effort or cost.

However, having said that, just following the recommendations regarding how
to use styles and outline numbering on Shauna Kelly's website appears to have
resolved the problem. So I appreciate your first comment even though I found
the second reply LESS THAN helpful.

Best regards--OwlCat1212