List Style or Multi-Level List - Best Practice?

You are welcome.

FWIW, you've probably seen the instructions in the newsgroups. Numbering in
Word 2007 doesn't seem to be that well-documented yet.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Julian Turner" <julesblue.RemoveThis@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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On 4 Jul, 11:28, "Stefan Blom" <no.s....RemoveThis@please.xyz> wrote:
> "Julian Turner" <julesb....RemoveThis@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> > On 3 Jul, 12:45, "Stefan Blom" <no.s....RemoveThis@please.xyz> wrote:
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> > [snip]
> >> Word 2007 is a bit more stable in this respect compared to Word
> >> 2002/2003,
> >> and, as you've probably noticed, you can no longer access the dialog
> >> box
> >> previously known as the Customize Outline Numbered List dialog box via
> >> the
> >> Modify Style dialog box for a paragraph style.
> > [snip]
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> > Yes, I did notice that. It is back to their point that modifying a
> > ListTemplate creates a new ListTemplate (i.e. ListTemplates are
> > immutable). There is no modify option from the general list dialogue
> > accessed from the Home ribbon, just a "create new" option (Modify is
> > only available for a ListTemplate attached to a List Style).
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> > So if you are not using List Styles, and you want to modify a
> > ListTemplate that is already linked to Paragraph Styles, I am not sure
> > of the best way to do it now, to ensure that your your Paragraph
> > Styles and the new ListTemplate get properly hooked up? Having said
> > that, when would I want to do this anyway? I am going to play
> > further.
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> To edit a multilevel list that is not part of a list style, place the
> insertion point in the first top-level paragraph (for example, in the
> first
> Heading 1 paragraph if this is heading numbering). Then click Home tab |
> Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List.
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> Stefan Blom
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Thanks Stefan, that's jogged my memory.

I remember now seeing that somewhere before (either a post on this
list, or Shauna Kelly, or the MVP site), but not really following it
up.

Best Regards

Julian