atw: Re: Word Numbering Issues! Save my life, please!
- From: "Petra Liverani" <petsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:32:09 +1000
Hi Kobus,
Just had a thought. In my case only the chapter number was affected so if the
styles in the template were updated and I wanted to update the document styles
I would recheck the update styles automatically box, change the chapter number,
and then uncheck the box again.
However, if there is lots of numbering throughout the document you won't want
to have to go through the whole process each time styles in the
template are updated (assuming that this will happen). Perhaps using the Word
Sequence field is a better solution but I don't know how involved it would be
to have it replace what you have now. Perhaps another solution is to introduce
an Outline Numbering system assuming that your numbering fits in with your
style of document. I know that Outline Numbering can be difficult but I have
found that if you set up the outline numbering all in one go, going via the
Format/Styles path rather than the Format/Bullets and Numbering path and using
a fresh outline numbering "style" (don't know what the correct term is) (ie hit
the Reset button before you choose the outline numbering style you want) it is
usually OK. You would have to remove the manual numbering applied now first
before applying the outline numbering - you never want to mix the two. You can
always go to the Shauna Kelly website to see her advice.
Regards,
Petra
----- Original Message -----
From: Kobus Myburgh <ITBJDM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:58 PM
Subject: atw: Re: Word Numbering Issues! Save my life, please!
> Petra,
>
> Thanks a lot. I have sent your suggestion to my boss (as I don't have
> one of those broken documents - I only use Word when absolutely
> necessary - I prefer web documents) and will let her test whether this
> fixes her problem and whether there are side effects. I am working at a
> university where we have 3 campuses, each functioning on their own in
> certain aspects, but still share a lot of documents and several
> templates.
>
> Thanks for your answer! I will also take note of Shauna Kelly's site,
> and slap my boss with all the facts I can get!
>
> Regards,
>
> Kobus
>
>
> >>> petsky@xxxxxxxxxx 9/22/2003 10:45:53 AM >>>
> Hi Kobus,
>
> I had the same problem that was driving me crazy - I posted to the
> microsoft.public.word.numbering newsgroup and a woman who has her own
> website, Shauna Kelly, at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word (she has a
> page on
> numbering) suggested I go to Tools/Templates and Add-ins, and uncheck
> the
> Automatically Update Document Styles box. My numbering was part of an
> Outline Numbering system using styles so I don't know if this will work
> for
> you but you can always try it. Obviously, if the box is already
> unchecked
> then styles automatically updating is not the source of your problem.
>
> Regards,
> Petra
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kobus Myburgh <ITBJDM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 6:06 PM
> Subject: atw: Word Numbering Issues! Save my life, please!
>
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > My boss gave me the task to figure out why the numbering in our
> > templates are not working properly, especially the restart
> numbering.
> > When you restart the numbering, save and close the document, re-open
> it,
> > the restarted numbering doesn't work as it is supposed to - causing
> the
> > whole document to be totally messed up.
> >
> > After spending literally HOURS with Word in spying through our
> macros,
> > unable to find anything wrong with them, I turned to the Internet
> for
> > help, and found you.
> >
> > In the article I found [1] via Google, you mentioned that you have a
> > macro to address this problem. How much does it cost? Where can I
> get
> > it? What do you need from me? Please contact me a.s.a.p. as I am
> > desperate for a solution. Do I have to send you our template for you
> to
> > build it in? Or what do we do?
> >
> >
> > [1]
> > //www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter/06-2003/msg00347.html
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