Outline Numbering Help Request

[Guest]

Please help me set an outline numbering scheme as follows:

1.0
1.0.1
1.0.1.1
1.0.1.1.1
Then..............
1.1
1.1.1
1.1.1.1
1.1.1.1.1
1.2, etc.

I've worked on this for more than a day, and I still can make my this
numbering scheme happen. I fear that I've messed up my template in my
madness. Any help will be MUCH appreciated!

 

[Margaret Aldis]

See here:

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

You'll need to set the starting number for your second level to 0, otherwise
you'll be following the standard example exactly.

If you've been creating wrong numbering for a day, you'd do well to
backtrack to a clean template if you can. You should also Reset the panes in
the Bullets & Numbering dialog and close Word before you start.

 

[Guest]

Margaret, thanks for your speedy response! I may be a little thick-headed,
but I'm still bamboozled.

If 1.0 = Heading 1
1.0.1 = Heading 2
1.0.1.1 = Heading 3
1.0.1.1.1 = Heading 4
Then, by the time I get to 1.1, I'm already at Heading 5 and I have 1.1.1,
1.1.1.1, and 1.1.1.1.1 to go.

I'm wondering the feat I'm trying to accomplish can be done (this numbering
is required for a proposal we're submitting to the Ministry of Defense in
England. Perhaps they have a different numbering system...

Can you advise further?

Thanks so much from another Margaret

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

No, 1.1 should be Heading 1 again.

Say your document is divided into Sections 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 Each section then
has its own subsections.

But you set each section up in parallel, because according to the structure
of your document, 1.0 is equivalent to 1.1, and 1.0.1 is structurally
equivalent to 1.0.5 and 1.1.5 and 1.2.3 and so forth. This might make more
sense if you sketched it like a chart.

1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 presumably are all at the same structural level, so would
all use the same heading.

1.0.1, 1.1.1, and 1.2.1 should also all be at the same structural level
(e.g., subsection of a subsection), and would all use Heading 2.

Word should know automatically, that since you are back to Heading 1, it's
time to increase a number and start the series all over again.

 

[Guest]

Set Level 1 to begin at number 1.

Set Level 2 to begin at number 0.

Set Level 3 and subsequent levels to begin at 1.

Now, in your document, don't use Heading 1. Where you want to see 1.0, or
1.1, etc., use Heading 2. Where you want to see 1.0.1 or 1.0.2 or 1.1.1,
etc., use Heading 3, and so on.

If for a later section you need to use 2.0, insert an "invisible" Heading 1.
I did this by making the font for the number format of the heading "hidden"
and the font size 1 pt. Inserting this invisible Heading 1 will cause your
section numbering to advance to 2. Now type in your 2.0 Heading, and assign
it to Heading 2. For 2.0.1, use Heading 3. For 2.1, it's Heading 2 again. And
so on.

Finally, don't include Heading 1 in your Table of Contents.