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From: Stefan Blom on 20 Feb 2010 10:51
For problematic headings, try selecting them and pressing Ctrl+Q; this
should reset paragraph-level formatting (including numbering) to that of the
underlying style.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"jim" <jim(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3AC5CC1E-9D35-49D5-A642-3807A0628694(a)microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the follow up. One of the reasons I was irritated is because I
> followed all the instructions, including this one (start with the first
> level
> 1 occurence), but that didn't help. The numbering of the subsequent levels
> (level 2 and level 3) were reseting to 1.1 or 1.1.1 with each new first
> level
> heading in the document. As I mentioned, it was no problem creating a new
> document that worked properly, but getting the multi-level lists to work
> properly in an existing document did not work until I attached a new
> document
> template to the existing document. In 2003, all this would have been
> unnecessary.
> Ordinarily, I suppose I would not have been irritated with a problem like
> this (new problems always surface with new products), but I was already
> extremely frustrated with the numerous user interface changes that (at
> least
> for me) added no value.
> Thanks for your attention and followup.
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
>> Also, remember to place the insertion point in the first level 1 item of
>> your list (with heading numbering, this means the first Heading 1
>> paragraph
>> of the document) before clicking Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New
>> Multilevel List.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>>
>> "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" <dkr(a)REMOVECAPSmvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:uehQhuUsKHA.6140(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> > See How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your
>> > Microsoft
>> > Word
>> > document at:
>> >
>> > http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html
>> >
>> > To access the dialog referred to, select the Define New Multilevel list
>> > in
>> > the MultiLevel List pulldown
>> >
>> > --
>> > Hope this helps.
>> >
>> > Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
>> > services on a paid consulting basis.
>> >
>> > Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
>> >
>> > "jim" <jim(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:6F542925-8290-465D-84E0-023090C01405(a)microsoft.com...
>> >> I'm answering my own question... I've figured out a solution, but it
>> >> shouldn't have required this.
>> >> I created a new document and modified the Heading styles to be
>> >> multi-level
>> >> lists. I saved this document as a document template. Then I attached
>> >> this
>> >> new
>> >> .dotx template to the existing word file. That seemed to work. But I'm
>> >> still
>> >> mad.
>> >>
>> >> "jim" wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I've been trying for hours to modify the Heading styles in a 2007
>> >>> Word
>> >>> document without success. I want my headings to look like:
>> >>> 1 heading 1
>> >>> 1.1 heading 2
>> >>> 1.1.1 heading 3
>> >>> 1.1.2 heading 3
>> >>> 2 heading 1
>> >>> 2.1 heading 2
>> >>> 2.2 heading 2
>> >>> If I build a new document and define new heading styles, it works.
>> >>> But I
>> >>> can't get the same results if I try the same technique in an existing
>> >>> document. The number reset back to 1 for subsequent indentation.
>> >>> Any suggestions?
>> >>> This was easy in 2003. I was already put off by the user interface
>> >>> changes
>> >>> in 2007 that had zero benefit. Now I'm mad.
>> >
>>
>>
>> .
>>


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