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Not allowing me to restart numbering for listed items
I have a recurring problem where Word will not allow me to restart numbering
for listed items. When I select the items to be listed and select FormatBullets and Numbering, the Restart Numbering option is grayed out. I have been able to work around it somewhat by going to the previous numbered list, and adding a line to that list and starting the renumbering there which it will allow me to do, then moving all of the text in between the first list and the second list up so it falls between the last number in the first list and the numbered item I just added. In order to keep it from automatically renumbering, I have to move the first item in the second list into the new number 1 I have created and then I can delete the new number 2 that opens up from moving the previous number 2 to the number 1 position. Obviously that's ridiculous that I should have to go through that. I am so disgusted by Word always going off and doing its own thing that I have completely switched over to Word Perfect for home use, unfortunately at work I have no choice but to use this monster they've saddled me with. |
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Not allowing me to restart numbering for listed items
If you are selecting the entire paragraphs, try instead selecting (clicking)
the first number you want to change (all the numbers in the series will be shaded and the number you clicked will have additional shading), right click and choose restart numbering (or click the number icon, etc., as you've been doing). Selecting the whole paragraphs should work unless you've caught an unnumbered paragraph too (perhaps because you have empty paragraphs between the numbered ones). Word is different, but you can learn its peculiarities just as you learned WP's. Pam rbilleaud wrote: I have a recurring problem where Word will not allow me to restart numbering for listed items. When I select the items to be listed and select FormatBullets and Numbering, the Restart Numbering option is grayed out. I have been able to work around it somewhat by going to the previous numbered list, and adding a line to that list and starting the renumbering there which it will allow me to do, then moving all of the text in between the first list and the second list up so it falls between the last number in the first list and the numbered item I just added. In order to keep it from automatically renumbering, I have to move the first item in the second list into the new number 1 I have created and then I can delete the new number 2 that opens up from moving the previous number 2 to the number 1 position. Obviously that's ridiculous that I should have to go through that. I am so disgusted by Word always going off and doing its own thing that I have completely switched over to Word Perfect for home use, unfortunately at work I have no choice but to use this monster they've saddled me with. -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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