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Subject:RE: Value of giving up numbering in Word? From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:21:55 -0400
The *current* version? Ha. Autonumbering has been broken in Word since
about Word 2000, if not before. That's why I always number with Word
fields. They've been around for a long time, and they still work.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WilliamFLawrence
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:14 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Value of giving up numbering in Word?
>
> Forgive me folks, but are you saying that numbering
> is so broken in the current version of Word that
> you just don't use it anymore?
>
> I certainly don't want to engage in religious wars
> over tools, but that's kind of hilarious.
>
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