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Hidden Multilevel List Style
Stefan_Blom , any ideas for this problem, please?
4. I have 12 documents that share one template. I want to prefix the multilevel style in Unit 1 as 1.1 (level 1), 1.1.1 (level 2), and in Unit 2, prefix all headings iwth 2.1, 2.1.1, etc., so I need the prefixes to not be overridden by the template style. However, they revert to 1, 1.1, etc., when I close them.
I want to keep the template attached in case I change other things.
The multilevel numbering styles in the template say "Just in this document" (not "New Documents based on this template").
To add a static prefix, just type it in the box in the "Enter formatting for number" box in the multilevel list dialog box. On the other hand, your description indicates that the prefix should depend on a numbered text paragraph, which means that you have to add the corresponding paragraph style as the top level in a multilevel list.
- I entered the static prefixes, they worked fine, but they disappear when I reopen the document, probably because the template is overwriting it.
The easiest thing to do would be to combine all of the "Unit documents" into one document and start each one with a (possibly hidden) Heading 1 style. then use Heading 2 where you are now trying to use Heading 1 with a prefix.
Can you think of another way please? Each unit has its own page numbers and ToC, and they'll change occasionally; it will be hard to merge them. If I delink them from the template will I lose styles or can I save them in the document? This would be a pain for future styles changes, but that will be less frequent than content changes.
