How to cure Word's List Numbering with a dose of VBA
Tim Allard
the Microsoft Word MVP FAQ site but sadly not available)?
Regards
Tim
Charles Kenyon
See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html.
This is based on ...
Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm
Additional information you may find useful or need is at:
How to Create a Template, Part II
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm
Legal Numbering
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/numbering.htm
Seven Laws of Outline Numbering
http://www.microsystems.com/fra_sevenlawsofoutlinenumbering.htm
The following are some discussions on the Microsoft newsgroups on numbering:
Nightmare on ListNumbering Street <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=9e790fa7ed2886b3,18&ic=1>
The Joy of Lists <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=811287ebce8fc203,15&ic=1>
Relinking ListTemplates <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&th=2350746054c838e,12&ic=1>
Outline numbering: restart doesn't restart <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=2168093ed1c9eaed,6&seekm=muq2hs47vabsq381n...@4ax.com#p>
Format Doesn't "Hold" <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=3a351382011420bf,5&seekm=RXz39CAcCC$4I...@syntagma.demon.co.uk#p>
(above list compiled by Dave Rado, Word MVP)
ListNumbering Street Revisited <URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&safe=off&th=57df77857e4993ce>
See the latest numbering discussion I've seen, especially post #4 which
contains Dave Rado's concise instructions for setting up heading numbering.
<URL:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&ic=1&th=bce07d7714769f5c>
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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How to cure Word's List Numbering with a dose of VBA
Article contributed by Dave Rado
The following links to newsgroup archives on the subject should help
you. Having read the following articles, if you get stuck or have any
further queries, please post specific details in the numbering
newsgroup.
Before using VBA, you need to understand how to link your styles to
numbering schemes manually. For some examples of how to do this, see
the following newsgroup archives threads:
Resetting numbering not available
Restart Chapter Numbers
Heading number 1 2 ... n then "Appendix A", ...
The second indented bullet, how to customize?
How to change the value for default indent for numbering?
You can find more examples by searching the Google Advanced Groups
Search page.
If you are defining body text numbering styles (as opposed to heading
styles), note that Word's “Restart numbering” feature is seriously
buggy. Margaret Aldis worked out an excellent workaround which is
covered in the newsgroup archive thread: MailMerge & Automatic
Numbering (among many other places). There's also more in-depth
coverage of this in the thread: ListNumbering Street, Revisited.
Once you've got the hang of defining your styles manually, see the
following threads to find out how to define rock-solid numbering
styles using VBA, linking your styles to named list templates:
Nightmare on ListNumbering Street
The Joy of Lists
Relinking ListTemplates
Outline numbering: restart doesn't restart
Format Doesn't "Hold"
Note that the trick (covered in the above articles) is to define your
styles using VBA and then apply your styles to your text as required.
A common mistake is to apply list templates directly to text using
VBA. Don't ever do that.
Again, you can find more examples by searching the Google Advanced
Groups Search page.
See also Word's numbering explained.