Feb 24 2020 11:27 AM
I have many documents that have numbered sections. When editing inserting or other changes the numbering becomes scrambled. An example would be
Section 4 first sub system should be 4.1 but in my document the automatic value is 4.4.1.
How can I change this. I need to make these corrections often my current process is to rewrite the entire document which could involve hundreds of pages. I cannot find any information on what to do with a scrambled numbering system in a Document.
Feb 25 2020 04:14 AM
Hi @Rkazmierzak
In my experience automatic numbering with subheadings doesn't workl well - an never did.
I ALWAYS use manual numbering (navigation view is a great help!), and always advise people to do so too, once the problem occur.
Kind regards
Hans
Mar 15 2020 12:05 PM
Oct 11 2020 06:54 AM
Yes, that works great.
MS still has opportunities us though. Now that we have a well structured style, Word will regularly break it.
Oct 11 2020 01:39 PM
Multilevel numbering is unnecessarily convoluted in Word; there is no doubt about that.
However, if you set it up carefully following the steps in the article at https://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html, it does work. The steps apply to all ribbon versions of Word for Windows (Word 2007 and later).