Re: Customize Outline Numbered List box question

It sounds as if you've messed up the "previous level number." If you're not
seeing a gray box at Level 2 representing the Level 1 number, then click
before the Level 2 number and select Level 1 from the "Previous level
number" list. If you start from the pane I suggested, all these things
should already be set correctly; all you would have to do is type Chapter
before the 1 at Level 1 and link the levels to the appropriate styles (as I
said, if you choose the fifth pane, this is already done for you).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Soccerman58" <Soccerman58@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8207FDC0-401A-4776-B11A-B0E3AFF25322@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi
> Yes, I am using that template in the Customize numbers list, and I did
reset
> it before I started and I did reset my Heading one to No Style as in the
link
> that you sent me.
> Chapter numbering based on Heading One SEEMS to be working fine. It's the
> 1.1, 1.1.1 that won't work. I have this:
> Chapter 1
> (seems to be working 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.1.1, 2.1 etc) but it's after chapter
1
> it seems to get sqirly:
> Chapter 2
> 1.1 (!)
> 2.1
> 1.1.1 (!)
> 2.1.1 (!)
> 1.1.1.1 (!!)
>
> In the Customize Numbered List I assigned a ListNum field List Name and
> linked the levels to the proper style: 1=1, 2=2 etc. At level 1 I inserted
> the word Chapter before the number in the Number Format box. Works ok.
>
> I really think the issue is something to do with the Previous Level Number
> field. At Level 2 I pick 1,2,3 from the Number Style options and check the
> Restart Numbering after Level box to be after Level 1. Pick Apply Changes
to
> Whole List option.
> Now, I have the number 1, highlighted in gray, in the Number Format box,
and
> the Previous Level Number box is still blank. The Preview Panel for Level
2
> also shows a single 1. I leave Restart At field to be 1 for all levels
(could
> be a mistake there, but I doubt it).
>
> Now I am sure I have to put something in the Previous Level Number box,
> otherwise if it doesn't know the previous level number it won't know what
it
> has to increment from. So, for the Level 2 setup I'll pick Level 1 as the
> previous level. As of now, it's the only option.
>
> Now it gets a bit interesting. A second 1 has appeared in the Number
Format
> field, both are gray highlighted, and there is no period between them. The
> Previous Level field is STILL BLANK. So, I'll put a period between the two
1s
> so I have 1.1
> NOw the Previous level Box shows Level 1 and the Preview Panel shows 1.1
>
> I do the same at Level 3. Previous Level =2, Restart after 2, Apply to
whole
> List, put a period between the two 1s and add another 1 so I have 1.1.1.
>
> Same for Level 4. Previous level is level 3, Restart numbering after level
> 3, Apply to whole list, Start at 1. Interestingly, even tho I am now down
to
> level 4, I still only get two 1s in gray in the Number Format field, so
this
> time I have to split them with a . and add .1.1 so now I have 1.1.1.1 OK,
OK,
> apply
>
> So now it looks like this
> Chapter 1
> 1.1
> 1.1.1
> 2.1.1
> 1.2.1.1
> 2.2.1.1
> Chapter 2
> 1.2
> 2.2
> 1.2.1
> 2.2.1
> 3.2.1
> 1.3.1.1
>
> Make any sense, please?
> Thanks
> Phil
>
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
> > If you want numbering like this:
> >
> > 1
> > 1.1
> > 1.1.1
> > 1.1.1.1
> > 1.1.1.1
> >
> > then start by selecting the second (or, if you are using heading styles,
the
> > fifth) pane in the Outline Numbered list gallery, which already has this
> > numbering applied.
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Soccerman58" <Soccerman58@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:F7B64F9E-420D-4E98-A812-F06BBF2F9B56@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Hi
> > > I am reading the primer at
> > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html
> > > and I have done all that she says (starting even with a blank document
> > > format) and I am setting my number levels.
> > >
> > > She says: 3 Numbering for all lower levels.
> > > For second and subsequent levels, indicate in the Previous Level
Number
> > box
> > > whether you want to include the number from the previous level.
> > >
> > > I am not entirely sure what she means here. I would think it would be
> > > something to do with the numbering after 1.1.1 etc. By which I mean I
> > would
> > > have thought that it would control numbering when you get to a scheme
> > like:
> > >
> > > Chapter 1
> > > 1.1
> > > 1.1.1
> > > 1.1.2
> > >
> > > Chapter 2
> > > 2.1
> > > 2.2
> > > 2.2.1
> > > 2.3
> > > 2.3.1
> > > 2.3.1.1
> > >
> > > and so on.
> > >
> > > But, if I try to make an entry in that space (let's say I am
formatting
> > > Level 5 and I pick Level 4 from that dropdown, then the Preview panel
goes
> > > nuts, and at level 5 I have something like 11.1.1..1 and the only way
I
> > can
> > > override this again is by typing 1.1.1.1.1 in the Number Format field.
> > >
> > > Can anyone enlighten me please?
> > > Thanks
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
> >
> >

.

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