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Copper Contributor

Aug 19, 2022

Word online formatting issue

Hello I am having an issue which happens whenever I enter a specific Word online document. The document is set up to have specific styles that we use. Each time I enter the document the followi...

Stefan_Blom

MVP

Aug 20, 2022

Walker_admin

Is numbering properly defined in the document? See https://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html.

If you can't get it sorted, you can share a sample document with the forum. Make a copy of your document, remove any sensitive content, upload it to (say) OneDrive or Dropbox, and post a link in this thread.

Note that if you are editing the document only in Word Online, chances are that the numbering will break sooner or later. Unfortunately, Word Online does not have good support for style-based formatting, especially numbering.

Walker_admin
Copper Contributor
Aug 22, 2022
Stefan_Blom

Thanks for your response Stefan and yes all the numbering is set up appropriately.

I fear that your suspicion that this is most likely to be a product of Word online being difficult is probably the correct diagnosis but very frustrating nonetheless.