I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature, but what I am trying to do is generate something that looks a bit like :- 1. First paragraph 2. Second paragraph a. first sub paragraph b. second sub paragraph 3. Third paragraph 4. Fourth paragraph I can apply an auto insert format to the 1st and 2nd paragraphs and the 3rd and 4th with a new starting number and that works, but as soon as I try and apply one to the sub paragraphs, things go wrong. The only way I can make it work is to put a blank after the 2nd paragraph and another after the 2nd sub paragraph and turn off the auto insert for those two lines. I can then make it look like the above by setting a negative space above on the blank lines, but it seems a bit of a kludge. There doesn't seem to be a way of "restarting" the auto numbering without having a line with auto numbering turned off. Any thoughts? Andy Ling