Multilevel Lists + Headings

I used heading styles for my documents as follows:

ABC <- Heading 1
abc <- Heading 2
BCD <- Heading 1
bcd <- Heading 2

I want to change it to

1. ABC
1.1 abc
2.BCD
2.1 bcd

Thus, I applied multilevel list to each headings and update the heading
styles.

Then I end up with the following:

1. ABC
1.1 abc
2. BCD
1.2 bcd <----

I want to change 1.2 bcd to 2.1 bcd but it didn't work even though I used the
Set Number Value -> Continue from previous list -> Advance value (skip
numbers)
to make it start from 2.1. If I make it skip number, then I end up with

1. ABC
1.1 abc
2.BCD
2 <--- automatically inserted by Word
2.1 bcd

If I delete the fourth line, then 2.1 bcd becomes 1.2 bcd again.

How can I fix this?

A quick fix is to recreate the numbering: On the Home tab, click Multilevel
List, and then click the "1 Heading 1 1.1 Heading 2 1.1.1 Heading 3"
format; this should reapply numbering to your headings.

Or if you prefer to modify the existing numbering scheme (you may have
changed indentation and other settings that you don't want to lose), place
the insertion point in the first Heading 1 paragraph of the document, and
then click Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New Multilevel List. In the
dialog box, click the second level. Clear the contents of the "Enter
formatting for number" box and then recreate it, using "Include level number
from" to add the numbering from level 1, and "Number style for this level"
to insert the number style for level 2. Type in the period between those
numbers. When you are done, click OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"multilevel" <multilevel.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I used heading styles for my documents as follows:
>
> ABC <- Heading 1
> abc <- Heading 2
> BCD <- Heading 1
> bcd <- Heading 2
>
> I want to change it to
>
> 1. ABC
> 1.1 abc
> 2.BCD
> 2.1 bcd
>
> Thus, I applied multilevel list to each headings and update the heading
> styles.
>
> Then I end up with the following:
>
> 1. ABC
> 1.1 abc
> 2. BCD
> 1.2 bcd <----
>
> I want to change 1.2 bcd to 2.1 bcd but it didn't work even though I used
> the
> Set Number Value -> Continue from previous list -> Advance value (skip
> numbers)
> to make it start from 2.1. If I make it skip number, then I end up with
>
> 1. ABC
> 1.1 abc
> 2.BCD
> 2 <--- automatically inserted by Word
> 2.1 bcd
>
> If I delete the fourth line, then 2.1 bcd becomes 1.2 bcd again.
>
> How can I fix this?