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Any idea how to fix this? If you have connected each numbering level to a style the best approach then by clicking the style in the gallery, the style of the numbering and the following text should be consistent.

Whatever you define here determines how the number will look and not the text that follow it. For more than one, do each style separately. I have something different I think. My attorney wants Article I roman numerals as a header, then change to legal numbering in Arabic 1.

What if I do not want to use Normal Heading styles since they will be used differently? I want to create styles for the list levels. Is that no longer possible? In WordPerfect, the outline format is really easy to use. I literally open up a spec document, update the headers and footers for the specific project, make the necessary changes to the font and the outline format at the beginning of the document and it is done.

I then copy the body of another spec section and paste it into that document to create the other project specs. After viewing your video and reading your answers to all the questions which have been submitted, I am hopeful fingers crossed that I might now be able to figure out how to convert our specs to Word format. I want to retire next year and I have to figure this out!! Thank you! Peggy, welcome to the site. There you go. To reveal the formatting in Word, click on the required text then press Shift F1.

All info is displayed in the sidebar. Formatting is best controlled through the styles found on the Home ribbon. It saves a lot of time if you can get your head around these. I cannot figure out what I have done wrong, can you help? This will prevent your unauthorised user from reverting back to Level 1 when pressing Enter twice.

There is no simple way to do this without some manual intervention. Multilevel numbering is a hierarchy, like a series of cascading waterfalls. So, on the page you click the image and enter your details in the pop up box. The link for the troubleshooting guide is then emailed to you. The link is working, but there is no record of your email in our CRM.

Is it possible to add a multilevel numbering style to the numbering gallery? I have a nmulti level numbering style all connected to syles with specific margins, fonts etc. I have to use this formatting quite often both on new documents and existing documents.

Is there a way to do it besides exporting the styles for each existing document? Export your styles to the Normal template Normal. Styles in the normal template are available to all documents. The better way. Create your own style gallery. To do this, go to the Design tab and click the drop-arrow on the right side of the Style Set gallery, then click Save as a New Style Set.

Styles in any style set can be added, removed or modified. You can switch back to the default style set at any time. Thanks for the great tips. I have a strange issue. I have a requirements document that will have many levels deep. In some cases, an item is a header.

In others, it is a detail. For each level, you need to have 2 styles to hand, one for numbered items and one for detail items. For the numbered items, you can use the built-in styles such as Heading 1, Heading 2 etc. Name the new styles something like Heading 1 detail, Heading 2 detail etc. Once that is done, everything is controlled by the application of styles. The numbering will flow correctly while allowing detail paragraphs to be interspersed throughout. Jason — the problem is when I have headers and details.

The headers work so 2. The number to the right of the text is what I expect. If I try to edit the multilevel to hard code the first lead number, then all the number details change.

Lvl1 Header 1 Text Description 1. Number detail 1. Lvl1 Header 2 Text Description 2. Lvl1 Header 3 Text Description 1. Number detail 3. My guess is that the multi level items don't see a level 1 item because there isn't one, only the header has one.

So they always start with 1. NOTE: If I only used headers and numbers, with no cases where a header and a number shared the same level, this would be a non-issue. So if I didn't need the 2. It sounds like your level 3 definition is not set up correctly. Try this:. Click on any numbered item, click the multilevel numbering icon and choose Define New Multilevel List. Step 9 is the problem. I can send you a simple Doc that shows the problem, it that would help. Create a new style and link your level 3 to that instead.

You can link to any style, not just Heading 3. Alternatively, when you create your TOC, tell it to only use 2 levels instead of 3. Jason — I think I have found the issue. For example, I need to create the following where the number in parenthesis on the right represent the item numbers.

Header 1 Topic 1 Text description Number Item 1 1. When I try to add the 1st Number Item, it works great 1. But when I try the next one, instead of 2. Depending on your goal, Microsoft Word offers many ways to format your page numbers.

You might want to vary the numbering format of your pages, change your numbering position, or orient page numbers in a certain way. To deal with any confusion, let's take a look at some guides to page numbering in Microsoft Word. This method is ideal for numbering an entire document that is not split into sections. It is also the quickest way. Click on the Insert option on the Microsoft Word ribbon. In the Header and Footer group, click the Page Number option to select your preferred page number position.

In the dropdown menu, the Top of Page and Bottom of Page options have a bunch of additional styles that let you choose the position and appearance of your page numbers.

You can also place your page numbers on your document margin by clicking on the Page Margins option. You can place the page number anywhere on a page by placing your typing cursor at any point you like it to be. To do that, stay on the Page Number tab, select one of the options in the Current Position option. Right-click on the curly brace and select Update Field to show the number of that page. Note that a position other than the header, footer, or the margin can break the continuity of your numbering.

Thus, the best places to place your page numbers are in either of these three positions. If you want to change the format of your page numbering from integers to either alphabets or Roman numerals, click on the Format Page Numbers option. That option lets you choose where to start your page numbering as well. If you want to divide your document into sections, you must apply numbers to them separately. There are a few ways to do that in Microsoft Word.

First, place your typing cursor on the line you like to start the separation from and follow the following steps:. Go to the next page that starts the separated section and double-click on its footer or header depending on where you want to place your page numbers. To view line numbers, you must be in Print Layout view click the View tab to check.

A text box is counted as one line if it is positioned inline with the text on the page. If text on the page wraps around the text box, the lines of text on the page are counted.

Lines of text inside a text box are not counted. Note: If your document is divided into sections and you want to add line numbers to the entire document, you first need to select the document. To start with number 1 after each section break, click Restart Each Section. For more advanced line numbering options, such as numbering at different intervals, click Line Numbering Options , and then click Line Numbers on the Layout tab.

Click Line Numbering Options , and then click the Layout tab. Select the Add line numbering check box, and then select the options that you want. Click in the document, or click in the section or paragraph from which you want to remove line numbers. If you want to remove line numbers from multiple sections, select the sections.

To remove line numbers from a single paragraph, click Suppress for Current Paragraph. Adding Page Numbers. Landscape Pages. Automatic Table of Contents and Lists.

Commenting and Reviewing. Dissertation Formatting Checklist. Please visit this link to make an appointment , or send an email to scholarspace umich. University of Michigan Library Research Guides. Ask a Librarian. Helps you use Microsoft Word for your dissertation. Topics include: formatting page numbers, using chapter templates, footnotes, images, and figures.

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