atw: Re: Help!! Word numbering Restart problem

Hi,

Just checked the MVP website and they have this link
for the Ribbon:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeRibbon.htm

Unfortunately, they also say that they are currently
updating all articles on Word to include 2007 and
2008. They had an excellent one for setting up
numbering (that always worked). 

Cheers,
Ana
--- Christine Kent <christine_kent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> The speed issue with 2007 is not general - my system
> sped up.
> 
> You can put macros on a toolbar - I've just tested -
> in fact it is very easy
> to do.  There is a new feature in 2007 - the Quick
> Access Toolbar,  that is
> the equivalent of creating your own toolbar.  It
> stays visible no matter
> what ribbon tab you have selected and it is easy to
> put almost any command
> onto it. 
> 
> My main issues with 2007 are the bug with bullets
> and numbering and not
> being able to get styles I use all the time onto the
> Quick Access Toolbar -
> please let me know how if anyone discovers the
> trick.  Curiously they have
> provided this function for H1, H2, H3 and list
> bullet - but nothing else.
> 
> ck 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Fullerton
> Sent: Monday, 20 August 2007 9:09 AM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Help!! Word numbering Restart
> problem
> 
> The inbuilt list bullets and numbering are a
> nightmare...
> 
> SEQ fields are stable, but fiddly.
> 
> I've been using the inbuilt outline bullets and
> numbering and have found
> them to be quite stable - but I haven't used them as
> intensively as I
> had previously attempted the list bullets and
> numbering.
> 
> As for 2007 - having installed and uninstalled it a
> number of times,
> I've gone back to 2003, partially because it slows
> my computer down to a
> crawl, partially because I've been too busy to work
> out how it works,
> and partially because apparently I can't put my
> macros onto buttons, and
> I use them all the time!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Christine Kent
> Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 6:47 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Help!! Word numbering Restart
> problem
> 
> Ah, this is interesting, Elizabeth.
> 
> Are you saying that the inbuilt bullets and
> numbering are stable when
> set up
> correctly, or that your workaround using SEQ fields
> is stable?  Or both?
> 
> If the former, I must be out of date - which is
> quite possible.
> 
> I am finding myself telling people this little tale,
> so if it is not
> correct, I need to find out.
> 
> I am telling people that those horrid little bullets
> and numbering boxes
> that drive us to distraction are resident on the
> individual machines -
> certainly I believed that to be the case eons ago -
> and that is the
> reason
> bullets corrupt from one machine to another.  I can
> have the styles all
> nicely set up to look for defined "boxes" on my
> machine, only to find
> that
> those "boxes" are not in the right place on someone
> else's machine.
> 
> Am I hopelessly out of date?
> 
> However, I concede that many of you are much more
> technically clever
> than I,
> so I look forward to you telling me what workaround
> you devise for the
> problem in 2007 - it's even more "entertaining" than
> previous versions
> and I
> await the solution with bated breath.  Meanwhile I
> have a hugely complex
> and
> labour intensive workaround that does seem to be
> working.  
> 
> But it requires prayer. If I criticise 2007 in any
> way and hurt it's
> feelings, it will punish me.  
> 
> Christine
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth
> Fullerton
> Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 5:38 PM
> To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: atw: Re: Help!! Word numbering Restart
> problem
> 
> 
> This may not help you at this stage, but before the
> outline numbering
> came out (which I have found to be very stable,
> btw), I used to create
> indented styles for numbering, then use SEQ fields
> for the numbering
> itself.
> 
> SEQ fields are very stable and do exactly what you
> tell them to do (so
> if they behave strangely it's because you told them
> to do something
> strange).
> 
> For each numbering sequence you create a sequence
> name, and then you
> (usually only) need three types of that field:
> "Restart at 1", "Repeat
> previous number" and "Next number in the sequence".
> 
> When working with a team, I created a "cheat sheet"
> with a bunch of
> different number sequences that they could copy and
> paste. (Having
> explained how it works to them, too.)
> 
> So if have a numbering system like:
> 
> 1.
> 1.1
> 1.1.1
> 
> you would call the first number "Level1", and on
> your cheat sheet you
> would have three fields for that sequence, one to
> restart at 1, one to
> repeat the previous number, and one to progress the
> sequence. Then you
> would have a new sequence for each level in the
> outline. And you can
> format them to be alpha, arabic or roman.
> 
> This system is a bit manual, and you may need to do
> some thinking to get
> it right, but once you have it in place, it won't
> break!
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dowling, Terry
> Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 4:00 PM
> To: 'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: atw: Re: Help!! Word numbering Restart
> problem
> 
> Hi Amanda,
> 
> I think the secret to having stable Word documents
> is having a uniquely
> named template (definitey not Normal) with uniquely
> named styles (that
> 
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