Re: Styles in Word 2003 - numbered lists shift margins without per

What "does NOT happen"? If you are referring to restarting numbered lists
via the context menu, the problem with this approach is that there is no
easy way to tell, in the user interface at least, if a particular list has
been restarted or split into two lists.

On the other hand, using LISTNUM fields to restart numbering is relatively
straightforward, assuming that you are the only person editing the document.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Launcher1" wrote in message
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This same thing happens in Word 2007! I can't believe that articles have
been
written about this topic. It is very funny.I note that in some of my docs
this does NOT happen. In others it happens all the time so there must be
some
kind of corruption going on only in some cases.

Now I'd better read those articles (sigh!)


"Stefan Blom" wrote:

An alternative is to use a LISTNUM field to restart the numbering. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/listrestartbylistnum.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Benjamin Chambers" wrote:

Yes, I saw that, thanks. My problem is that I don't have a style that
reliably intervenes between lists. I think I saw a solution somewhere
that
seemed likely to work, but I have to completely rebuild the document,
and
from my uninitiated Dumb User standpoint, that's crazy. But again,
thank you
for your help.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You need only set up an outline-numbered list as explained at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html,
setting the
top level to have no numbering. Level 1 should be a style that
reliably
intervenes between your numbered lists. Level 2 is your numbered
style.

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

"Benjamin Chambers" <BenjaminChambers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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My God. VBA? Frame styles? Dummy styles?

I do believe I'm going back to the typewriter.

But thanks for the quick reply.




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The only real solution to this is to use an outline-numbered list
with a
dummy style to restart numbering. See these articles:

Restarting list numbering using a higher level style
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/listrestartfromstyle.htm

How to restart style-based numbering
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ListRestartMethods.htm


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

"Benjamin Chambers" <BenjaminChambers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hello - I've set up a paragraph style for numbered lists I'm
using in a
long
document in Word 2003. List numbering needs to restart with each
new
section.
It works great for the first section (for example), but when I
apply
the
style to the first item in my second section, it automatically
begins
the
numbering where it left off in the first section.

No problem, right? Just tell it to "restart numbering," rather
than
"continue previous list." But when I do this, the bloody thing
shifts
its
margin in by a quarter inch -- altering my saved style, and
every
single
instance where I've used it in the document.

The whole *point* of styles is to keep things consistent, so you
can
imagine
how annoying this is. Can you help me stop this from happening?

Thanks - -










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