Automatic paragraph numbering

I am trying to use automatic paragraph numbering, Word
2002. I have the following sequence of paragraph numbers:
3.2 Heading 2 style
3.2.1 Heading 3 style
3.1.1.1 Heading 4 style
3.2.1.1.1 Heading 5 style
3.1.1.1.1.1 Heading 6 style
3.1.1.1.1.2 Heading 6 style
3.2.1.1 Heading 4 style
etc.
This is the first instance in the document where I use
headings going down to level 4.
I cannot get the heading 4 and heading 6 paragraphs to
track the numbering scheme correctly. I have tried to
delete and retype them, I have tried all combinations
of 'continue numbering' and 'restart numbering' that seem
to make sense, I have tried throwing more darts at my Bill
Gates dartboard; nothing seems to help.
Any suggestions?

Hi Don

Don Zalkin wrote:
I am trying to use automatic paragraph numbering, Word
2002. I have the following sequence of paragraph numbers:
3.2 Heading 2 style
3.2.1 Heading 3 style
3.1.1.1 Heading 4 style
3.2.1.1.1 Heading 5 style
3.1.1.1.1.1 Heading 6 style
3.1.1.1.1.2 Heading 6 style
3.2.1.1 Heading 4 style
etc.
This is the first instance in the document where I use
headings going down to level 4.
I cannot get the heading 4 and heading 6 paragraphs to
track the numbering scheme correctly. I have tried to
delete and retype them, I have tried all combinations
of 'continue numbering' and 'restart numbering' that seem
to make sense, I have tried throwing more darts at my Bill
Gates dartboard; nothing seems to help.
Any suggestions?

Seems to be my numbering day today ... :-)

1) See (start with the last article and see if that resolves your woes):

Word's numbering explained (by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...gExplained.htm
How to do it in VBA (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...tNumbering.htm
How to do it manually (by Shauna Kelly)
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html

2) Spend some time about rethinking using an outline of that depth. Your
readers will probably not like it ...

2cents
..bob
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Bob,
Thank you for your help. I tried Shauna Kelly's approach,
and it modified, but did not solve the problem I then
looked up John McGhie's paper, and found a suggestion
there which I should have thought of myself, based on past
encounters with exotic word 'features' - namely, delete
all of the heading styles, and reapply them from the
beginning. This worked; apparently Word responds better
to brute force than to subtlety. Perhaps this
slash/burn/rebuild strategy should become the default for
handling Word anomalies.
-----Original Message-----
Hi Don

Don Zalkin wrote:
I am trying to use automatic paragraph numbering, Word
2002. I have the following sequence of paragraph
numbers:
3.2 Heading 2 style
3.2.1 Heading 3 style
3.1.1.1 Heading 4 style
3.2.1.1.1 Heading 5 style
3.1.1.1.1.1 Heading 6 style
3.1.1.1.1.2 Heading 6 style
3.2.1.1 Heading 4 style
etc.
This is the first instance in the document where I use
headings going down to level 4.
I cannot get the heading 4 and heading 6 paragraphs to
track the numbering scheme correctly. I have tried to
delete and retype them, I have tried all combinations
of 'continue numbering' and 'restart numbering' that
seem
to make sense, I have tried throwing more darts at my
Bill
Gates dartboard; nothing seems to help.
Any suggestions?

Seems to be my numbering day today ... :-)

1) See (start with the last article and see if that
resolves your woes):

Word's numbering explained (by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...beringExplaine
d.htm
How to do it in VBA (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...tNumbering.htm
How to do it manually (by Shauna Kelly)
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...tlineNumbering
..html

2) Spend some time about rethinking using an outline of
that depth. Your
readers will probably not like it ...

2cents
..bob
--
/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS
\ / | MVP
X Against HTML | for
/ \ in e-mail & news | Word
.

Brute force works as a last resort, but I think in this case you could have
(substituting appropriate steps in Word 2002 and 2003 due to interface
changes) gone to FormatStyle, select Heading 1, click Modify, click
FormatNumbering, click Customize, if button in Customize Outline Numbering
dialog says "More" rather than "Less" click more to display the additional
settings, select level 4 in the Level listbox and relink it to "Heading 4"
style in the "More" section, select level 6 in the Level listbox and relink
it to "Heading 6" style, OK out of all the dialogs, and then, if necessary,
you may also need to reapply the Heading 4 and Heading 6 styles to the
appropriate paragraphs. When I've run across the situtation you describe in
the past, this has worked 99% of the time.

Regards,
Chad DeMeyer


"Don Zalkin" wrote in message
...
Bob,
Thank you for your help. I tried Shauna Kelly's approach,
and it modified, but did not solve the problem I then
looked up John McGhie's paper, and found a suggestion
there which I should have thought of myself, based on past
encounters with exotic word 'features' - namely, delete
all of the heading styles, and reapply them from the
beginning. This worked; apparently Word responds better
to brute force than to subtlety. Perhaps this
slash/burn/rebuild strategy should become the default for
handling Word anomalies.
-----Original Message-----
Hi Don

Don Zalkin wrote:
I am trying to use automatic paragraph numbering, Word
2002. I have the following sequence of paragraph
numbers:
3.2 Heading 2 style
3.2.1 Heading 3 style
3.1.1.1 Heading 4 style
3.2.1.1.1 Heading 5 style
3.1.1.1.1.1 Heading 6 style
3.1.1.1.1.2 Heading 6 style
3.2.1.1 Heading 4 style
etc.
This is the first instance in the document where I use
headings going down to level 4.
I cannot get the heading 4 and heading 6 paragraphs to
track the numbering scheme correctly. I have tried to
delete and retype them, I have tried all combinations
of 'continue numbering' and 'restart numbering' that
seem
to make sense, I have tried throwing more darts at my
Bill
Gates dartboard; nothing seems to help.
Any suggestions?

Seems to be my numbering day today ... :-)

1) See (start with the last article and see if that
resolves your woes):

Word's numbering explained (by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...beringExplaine
d.htm
How to do it in VBA (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...tNumbering.htm
How to do it manually (by Shauna Kelly)
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...tlineNumbering
.html

2) Spend some time about rethinking using an outline of
that depth. Your
readers will probably not like it ...

2cents
..bob
--
/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS
\ / | MVP
X Against HTML | for
/ \ in e-mail & news | Word
.

Chad,
Thank you for your interest. The process you suggest is
the one suggested by Shanua Kelly, which I referred to in
my antepenultimate email in this series - it almost worked
in my case, but I guess it fell into your 1% category.
-----Original Message-----
Brute force works as a last resort, but I think in this
case you could have
(substituting appropriate steps in Word 2002 and 2003 due
to interface
changes) gone to FormatStyle, select Heading 1, click
Modify, click
FormatNumbering, click Customize, if button in Customize
Outline Numbering
dialog says "More" rather than "Less" click more to
display the additional
settings, select level 4 in the Level listbox and relink
it to "Heading 4"
style in the "More" section, select level 6 in the Level
listbox and relink
it to "Heading 6" style, OK out of all the dialogs, and
then, if necessary,
you may also need to reapply the Heading 4 and Heading 6
styles to the
appropriate paragraphs. When I've run across the
situtation you describe in
the past, this has worked 99% of the time.

Regards,
Chad DeMeyer


"Don Zalkin" wrote
in message
...
Bob,
Thank you for your help. I tried Shauna Kelly's
approach,
and it modified, but did not solve the problem I then
looked up John McGhie's paper, and found a suggestion
there which I should have thought of myself, based on
past
encounters with exotic word 'features' - namely, delete
all of the heading styles, and reapply them from the
beginning. This worked; apparently Word responds better
to brute force than to subtlety. Perhaps this
slash/burn/rebuild strategy should become the default
for
handling Word anomalies.
-----Original Message-----
Hi Don

Don Zalkin wrote:
I am trying to use automatic paragraph numbering,
Word
2002. I have the following sequence of paragraph
numbers:
3.2 Heading 2 style
3.2.1 Heading 3 style
3.1.1.1 Heading 4 style
3.2.1.1.1 Heading 5 style
3.1.1.1.1.1 Heading 6 style
3.1.1.1.1.2 Heading 6 style
3.2.1.1 Heading 4 style
etc.
This is the first instance in the document where I
use
headings going down to level 4.
I cannot get the heading 4 and heading 6 paragraphs
to
track the numbering scheme correctly. I have tried
to
delete and retype them, I have tried all combinations
of 'continue numbering' and 'restart numbering' that
seem
to make sense, I have tried throwing more darts at my
Bill
Gates dartboard; nothing seems to help.
Any suggestions?

Seems to be my numbering day today ... :-)

1) See (start with the last article and see if that
resolves your woes):

Word's numbering explained (by John McGhie)

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...beringExplaine
d.htm
How to do it in VBA (by Dave Rado)

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...tNumbering.htm
How to do it manually (by Shauna Kelly)

http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numb...tlineNumbering
.html

2) Spend some time about rethinking using an outline of
that depth. Your
readers will probably not like it ...

2cents
..bob
--
/"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS
\ / | MVP
X Against HTML | for
/ \ in e-mail & news | Word
.



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