You have two choices when faced with the task of numbering headings in a Word document. You can enter the numbers manually and hope nothing changes — lots of luck with that one. Or you can opt for the more efficient solution and create and apply a numbered style. Unfortunately, that can get you into even more trouble, if you don't know what you're doing. I have created a 'Process Template' in Office 2010 that requests the user to enter specific information in several sections. All those sections are working exactly as I want them to. The last section. How to set up numbered headings or outline numbering. Create a new template just for outline-numbered. Put together on numbering. Start at the Microsoft Word. To avoid surprises, follow these 10 steps to add a numbering scheme to a style. Note: This article is also available as a. 1: Start with a new, blank document If possible, open a new document to create your numbered style. Working with an existing document and all its in-use styles can be troublesome. It can be done, but changing styles that are already in use almost always has far-reaching repercussions. Admittedly, this advice isn't always practical, but it's the best way to start if you can. 2: Use what you have You could create a new set of styles, but for our purposes, Word's existing heading styles, Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on, provide a good foundation. Most everything you need is built in and can be easily modified. If heading styles are already in use and you must work in a production document, you'll have to create new styles. 3: Open the main heading The existing heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on) are based on the Normal style. All you have to do is add a numbering scheme to the top heading style and watch the settings trickle down. Always begin with the main level heading. In this case, that's Heading 1. To edit Heading 1, do the following. • Open the Styles And Formatting task pane by choosing Styles And Formatting from the Format menu or clicking the Styles And Formatting tool on the Formatting toolbar. • Right-click Heading 1 in the Pick Formatting To Apply list and choose Modify, as shown in Figure A. • In the Modify Style dialog box, shown in Figure B, choose Numbering from the Format button's list. • Click the Outline Numbering tab in the Bullets And Numbering dialog box. • Choose the predefined scheme that's most similar to what you want. For instance, if you want sublevels indented, choose the indented form; similarly, if you don't want sublevels indented, choose the flush left form, as shown in Figure C. Try to make the best choice right now because changing your mind later will present so many problems that starting over will be easier. • If Reset is enabled, click it now to remove residual settings.
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