Restart numbering at 3.5

[ajw5850]

I am working on a document with numbered lists. There are normal paragraph
numbered lists (Headings 1 thru 5) and numbered lists in a table (Headings 6
thru 9). The first table ends numbering at 5.4.5. I need to start numbering
for the next table at 3.5. I tried to do this by changing the style but that
went back and changed all the work I had already done. How do I start at 3.5
w/o changing my previous numbered list?

 

[Stefan Blom]

See http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/listrestartmethods.htm. Depending on
the version of Word, you may find using the LISTNUM field for restarts to be
the easiest approach; see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/ListRestartByLISTNUM.htm.

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[ajw5850]

I checked out the page you suggested and it all seems way over my head. Is
there anyway to insert a chapter break or something like that that would
allow me to start a new numbered list without changing the previous lists in
the document?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Assuming that the number of restarts required is not huge, you can do this
relatively easy with LISTNUM fields:

5.4.5 This is the final paragraph in your first table. Make sure it ends
with two LISTNUM fields: {LISTNUM \l 1 \s 3 } { LISTNUM \l 2 \s 4 }.

3.5 This is the next Heading 2 paragraph.

To insert each pair of field delimiters, { }, press Ctrl+F9. Type the code
as shown. Press F9 to see the field result.

To duplicate a field, you can use copy and paste. To change the numbering
level of a field (if necessary), you can right-click it and choose Increase
Indent or Decrease Indent from the context menu.

To view or edit the field code directly, use Alt+F9.

Format the fields as white text to prevent them from printing (you can still
see the fields if you enable field shading in Word Options).

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[ajw5850]

It worked! Thank you for spelling it out for me!!!!

 

[Stefan Blom]

I'm glad I could help!

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