atw: Re: Help!! Word numbering Restart problem [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Great Idea, wish it was still true for 2007.  When I do any manual
numbering, it recognises a list and automatically converts it to some woeful
numbered list.

Another of my workarounds is to put all procedures into tables with a narrow
column for numbers - then to enter the numbers manually - by far the fastest
way when you have lots of procedures.

I am currently preparing a 278 page, 7mg document (NOT written by me) for
print, and it is taking me all day.  It is full procedures that have been
formatted with numbered lists.  I want to tell ALL novice writers NEVER to
touch bullets and numbering (YES I AM SHOUTING - this task is driving me
nuts!) - but 2007 will effectively do that for me.  It will scare off all
but the most foolhardy.

ck



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Amanda,
In the past, I have just avoided auto numbering in MS Word completely.
I make a style named Number Manual.
It has a hanging indent and a tab.

This works well for short lists of up to 4 or 5 points.
Manually renumbering a list of 4 points is trivial,  and much less
traumatic than wrestling with Word.

1    First thing on list
2    Second thing on the list.

Type number, press Tab, type in the text.
press ENTER,
repeat.

Word sees this as just text, so doesn't get involved.

_____________
Bob Trussler




                                                                           
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Hey, guys,

Ive designed a basic template for company-wide use. I've developed a
numbered list (not outline) that I'm using. HOWEVER, numbering continues
as,
numbring does...

I right-click and select "Restart Numbering" and it does, but I lose my tab

and indent-

Which throws all my indent styles and ListNumberLast styles out of whack
and
also makes everything squished when I get into double digits (10, 11, 12,
etc.)

Is there ANY way to restart a numbered list without screwing with the style

sheet and losing my formatting? When I send this out, people are going to
have to re-number and this problem will occur.

Can I specify a ListNubmerFist style that always goes to 1.?

Or is a Macro on the cards? (And has anyone written such a Macro for this?)

(I wouldn't know how to write a Macro if it bit me - I'm more of an HTML
person :)

Many thanks, in advance,
Amanda


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