Need Help Fixing My List Number 5 Style

[Guest]

Fellow Forum Members,
I have been using the List Number 5 Style all thoughout my manual to number
procedures. Now it no longer wants to work. It no longer automatically
continues numbering. And if I manually set the Continue numbering command
Roman numbers are applied on all the paragraphs all throughout he manual.
It's a nightmare! I have hit RESET in the Numbering setup for the Number 5
Style and this doesn't fix it. How do I fix this style and getting back to
the way it was originally working? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

 

[Anne Troy]

Have you tried using the Format Painter? That, for me, is the EASIEST way to
get styles--especially numbered styles--to behave.
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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com
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[Guest]

Anne or anyone out there,
Can you please elaborate on this format painter. I am really sweating
bullets here. It looks like I have to reapply styles and formatting to som
120 pages all because this "List Number 5 Style" has become corrupted. I have
learned a big lesson. NEVER again will I rely on Word's AutoNumber Styles.
They eventually become corrupt and then you are left with a big mess.

My only solution now is to go back and apply a paragraph style I'm calling
"STEP" and I'm going to manually counts all the steps to all 60 of the
procedures I have in this manual. Is there anyway to fix "List Number 5
Style". Everytime I right mouse click and select Continue Numbering all of
the paragraphs in my manual get Roman Numbers added. Can anyone explain what
is causing this? Thanks.

 

[Anne Troy]

It's very difficult to explain in writing, binar, but I suspect you have
changed the style and you're simply not seeing that you changed it. See my
articles here for some more information that may be helpful to you:

http://www.officearticles.com/word/changing_default_bullets_and_numbering_in_microsoft_word.htm
http://www.officearticles.com/word/...h_bullets_and_numbering_in_microsoft_word.htm
http://www.officearticles.com/tutorials/an_extreme_tutorial_on_styles_in_microsoft_word.htm

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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com
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