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Subject:numbering in styles in Word From:"Alex Silbajoris" <alsilba -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Tue, 23 Nov 1999 12:28:05 PST
I've encountered problems with the autonumbering of styles in Word 97 SR-2.
I checked the archives here, and I didn't find anyone else describing quite
the same problem.
I'm creating a white paper template. I defined some numbered list styles,
but in the Format> Style> Modify> Numbering dialog I don't have the Restart
Numbering radio button which appears in Format> Bullets and Numbering. So
the numbering picks up from the previous instance of the style. Minor
annoyance, and I've seen some of your suggested work-arounds. I tried using
the Format> Bullets and Numbering dialog, where I checked the restart
button. The numbering does restart, but the paragraph indentation part of
the style definition vanishes - not only in the selected block, but in every
instance of the style. If I place the cursor in a line of that style, and
then click on the style name, it does not reformat the selection back to the
original style definition. It's as if I had re-defined the style. I can
get the original definition back from the template by way of the Organizer,
but there _should_ be some better way.
(What's that derisive chuckling I hear?)
What I can't figure out is why the numbering has any effect on the
indentation.
As for work-arounds, I like the way many of you said this is a microsoft
product, so ignore the feature by leaving it turned off. Others have
suggested a macro to fix it. Since I'm preparing this template for users
with a very low Word proficiency (they don't understand style definitions
and they build their hanging indents with tabs) I'm trying to make this
template "drive itself" with the least amount of skill needed on the part of
the operator. It grates my nerves to put out a template they will have to
number manually (or I'll have to go back and fix their attempts) and I'm
wondering if anyone else has been hitting their head on this same wall.
It almost makes me miss FrameMaker. Almost, not quite.
- Alex
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