paragraph numbers in Autotext

[Jean Gardner]

I created an Autotext and based it on a paragraph style called List Number 1
which is a numbered paragraph with a hanging indent of .5.

I inserted this Autotext in a new document which was based on a template
that also contains the same List Number 1 (formatted the same way, with a
hanging indent of .5). Unfortunately when the text is inserted it comes up
hanging at .25.

Somehow in the File New process the style seems to change because when I
look at the style in the newly created "Document 1" it shows the paragraph
hanging at .25. Yet if I insert the Autotext directly into the template it
stays at .5.

What am I missing?

Jean

[Margaret Aldis]

Hi Jean -

This sounds like a manifestation of the old 'shifting list formats'
problem. When you have styles that are numbered using panes from the B&N
dialog (ListTemplates from the ListGalleries collection, in VBA terms)
it seems that Word sometimes loses the correct style-numbering link when
working 'between' documents. Similar things happened to me on cut and
paste between documents (even when both documents were based on the
same template and used the same style), and on update styles from
template, and on copying styles between templates.

The 'Seven laws of numbering' people suggest that repeating the update
from template may relink correctly, though I seem to remember (back in
SR1 days) this didn't work for me.

I now use styles linked to named ListTemplates, and don't appear to have
these problems any more. This method if pretty well worked out now -
search this group for postings by John Nurick, Bill Coan, Dave Rado, and
myself.

Alternatively, if this is the only place you have this problem, maybe
you could use a macro to insert an AutoText styled with a non-numbered
style, and restyle it once safely in the document?

Hope this is some help.

Margaret

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[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

In microsoft.public.word.numbering on Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:52:27 -0800, "Jean
Gardner" <pgar...@ansa.com> wrote:

> I created an Autotext and based it on a paragraph style called List Number 1
> which is a numbered paragraph with a hanging indent of .5.
>
> I inserted this Autotext in a new document which was based on a template
> that also contains the same List Number 1 (formatted the same way, with a
> hanging indent of .5). Unfortunately when the text is inserted it comes up
> hanging at .25.
>
> Somehow in the File New process the style seems to change because when I
> look at the style in the newly created "Document 1" it shows the paragraph
> hanging at .25. Yet if I insert the Autotext directly into the template it
> stays at .5.

Jean:

That's the "Jason Tab" -- it's a bug. It's baaaak....

Every time you create a new list template, it will have a default tab at a
quarter inch. You need to explicitly remove the tab before saving the
document.

Many people use a little macro to do this.

Hope this helps.

Please post follow-up questions to the newsgroup so that all may follow the thread.

John McGhie <jo...@mcghie-information.com.au>
Consultant Technical Writer
Microsoft MVP (Word)
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