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Subject:Re: Problem with Styles in MS Word From:Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- PTC -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:42:01 -0400
Read the following topic in Word 97 Help:
Include chapter numbers in captions
(You have to use one of the Word default styles to do this. Follow the
instructions, especially number 2.
Bonnie Granat
Geoff Lane wrote:
>
> To me, this sounds like classic Word autonumbered paragraph syndrome (to
> coin a phrase). It has a lot to do with the Word Style Gallery and has
> caused me much grief in the past. FWIW, Woody's Office Watch is currently
> running a series on taming Word styles -- you may find your answers there.
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> HTH,
>
> Geoff Lane
> Cornwall, UK
> geoff -at- gjctech -dot- force9 -dot- net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xiang Li
>
> Hi, Fellow Technical Writers:
>
> I am working on a manual in word. Everything works fine except for the
> styles I set up for the manual. The styles that I set numbering for, the
> numbering is always changed every time I open the file, I have to reapply
> the styles and rebuild the links. Sometimes word changes the indents of the
> styles, too. This is a huge pain for us. If anyone out there knows the
> solution to this problem, please let me know, I would greatly appreciate it
> because this problem has caused a lot of pains for me recently!
>
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