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Multiple multilevel lists with multiple problems!
Stefan_Blom thank you!
I have been using Insert/Object/Text from file to combine my documents.
The Ctrl+Q to revert to the correct formatting is working well. In trying to correct the multilevel lists I had been inadvertently creating new ones without realizing it, and sometimes forcing the numbers to start where I wanted (which in the end messed things up incredibly). I will blame Word's "Define new Multilevel List. . . " and general difficulty in finding my original list for that!
Thanks for the follow-up.
To edit the outline numbering and at the same time prevent it from breaking, you have to ensure that you click in the very first Heading 1 paragraph of your document and then access the Multilevel List dialog box via Home tab > Paragraph group > Multilevel List > Define New Multilevel List.
If you set up your numbering using a list style, edit the list style by right-clicking it in the "List Styles" category at Home tab > Paragraph group > Multilevel List and choosing the Modify option. To access all options for lists, click Format > Numbering.
- Thank you! I did set up the numbering using a "list style" and this is working.
Curious - when I did set up my list style following this https://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html?p=1768 I gave it a name (or at least I think I did), expecting I would look for this list style name to edit and not the picture icons; but I never did see the list style name I assigned to it. Guessing I possibly assigned it the wrong way and/or didn't save properly (i.e. do other word users see their list style names of just the picture icons?).In the multilevel list dialog box, there is a ListNum field list name which is different from the style name of a list. The former can be used if you ever want to reference a list format in a LISTNUM style.
In recent versions of Word, you can see the list styles under "List Styles" at Home tab > Paragraph group > Multilevel List. The screen shot below shows is an example of a list style, and its name shows up because I am resting the mouse pointer over the preview.
List styles are styles, just like paragraph or character styles, and you can see them in the Manage Styles dialog box as well. You won't see list styles in the Styles pane, though, which is a bit confusing (although it does make the Styles pane less cluttered).
Think of the list style as a "wrapper" for your list format. You don't really use the list style, only the paragraph styles that are associated with list levels.
- Thank you. This clarifies a lot!