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List Styles & Style Sets
So long as the list style can be transferred using the Organizer, you should be able to do this with a macro. A Global StyleSheet in Microsoft Word? [Quick] Style Sets do not require macros, though, and may work for you if each level is attached to a unique paragraph style and all of the styles are in the set. A drawback to [Quick] Style Sets is that they usually include styles that are not relevant to the numbering scheme. You also have to be careful that none of the numbered styles are based on styles not in the set.
Were your list styles set up following Shauna Kelly's methods? Mine were, and the transfer through using the [Quick] Style Sets has worked without any problems. There have not been large scale tests but I've been giving that advice for many years without having anyone tell me that I'm wrong. Take a look at my sample [Quick] Style Sets. Try them. If they do not reliably pass on the numbering scheme please let me know.
List Styles do show up in the Apply Styles dialog and in the drop-down Style List.
If you simply import the styles (not using a set but using the Organizer) it is vital that you import all related styles and that you do so three times.
I do not work for MS. The problems with automatic numbering have persisted since Word 97, at least. They were laid out by John McGhie (Word Numbering Explained by John McGhie, MVP) and Shauna Kelly gave us step by step instructions for getting past them. Neither List Styles nor Table Styles can be part of a Quick Style Set. Both can be manipulated in the Organizer. I do not expect Word to change how it works.
You may have some luck if you set up your list style so that each level is also associated with a unique paragraph style. Add the paragraph styles to your style set.
Generally, though, my experience is that bullets and numbering are not working consistently with style sets.
As Kidd_Ip suggested, use a document template instead.