Styles, headings, numbering, sanity ... help?

These sounded like my words. I am extremely frustrated with Word 2007 because
I no longer know how to do anything in a Word document. I've been using Word
processors for a long time, going back to AmiPro and Frame and have also used
OpenOffice. While I never considered Word the best, at least I knew how to
use it. I can't believe that I can no longer set up outline styles. It's a
total mystery and the help documentation is no help. All I want to do is edit
a top level heading style to change the font and numbering and find myself
clueless. The documentation pointed to multilevel lists and list styles,
which I was able to create but couldn't find a way to edit either one. The
documentation indicates that multilevel lists can't be edited and that list
styles can. Good luck finding the list style I created so that I can modify
it.

What has been keeping me away from OpenOffice is that it was different from
Word and I had to learn new ways to do what I already knew how to do in Word
2003 and every earlier version. Word 2007 has leveled the playing field,
because I don't know how to use that word processor, either.

Change is hard enough to deal with. Unless the user gets a new benefit out
of it, what's the point? Maybe new users will have an easier time learning
Word 2007, but as an experienced Word user, it's not easier for me. It means
more work and more pressure meeting deadlines on stuff I have to get done.
Thanks a lot!

"Bill Weylock" wrote:

> Is there a document anywhere that explains how Word deals with numbering
> now? I have used heading styles and outline numbering for many years, and I
> have built long and complex documents with very little difficulty.
>
> In 2007 there don't seem to be any rules, and there does not seem to be any
> documentation. Was this program documented by a scouting troop that was
> called away for naptime? Why on earth is there no clear explanation of how
> to make basic paragraph numbering schemes behave properly? Or is there?
>
> I come to this from Mac Word and also from Word 2003. Neither gave me
> trouble. I understand (or used to understand) styles and outlining.
>
> I simply can't make the blasted things behave. I want Heading 1 to be
> numbered but to display no number. I want Heading 2 to display arabic
> numerals and restart numbering after every level 1 (heading 1) paragraph.
>
> Is that possible?
>
> how do i keep paragraphs from changing margin and tab settings when i apply
> a number to them?
>
> I know this is rambling, but i am near emotional collapse trying to make
> something that used to be easy work at all.
>
> If there is a 2007 Word Paragraph Numbering for Dummies book, i'll buy it.
> Just please help me solve this particular thing so i can go on with my life
> and not lose a client?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

These posts are nice mazes but this is quite inefficient for the average
person who actually has a job to get finished. Spending days to find these
posts, days more to try to apply to your situation is a complete waste of
productivity, all across the nation. This is a common requirement for word
processing and shouldnt require advanced technical support. Its a sign that
the creator has completely lost the concept of software as a productivity
tool.

Kudos to all the consultants that get paid to translate this.

You know what it is for the rest of us.



"hufemj" wrote:

>
>
> "Bill Weylock" wrote:
>
> > Is there a document anywhere that explains how Word deals with numbering
> > now? I have used heading styles and outline numbering for many years, and I
> > have built long and complex documents with very little difficulty.
> >
> > In 2007 there don't seem to be any rules, and there does not seem to be any
> > documentation. Was this program documented by a scouting troop that was
> > called away for naptime? Why on earth is there no clear explanation of how
> > to make basic paragraph numbering schemes behave properly? Or is there?
> >
> > I come to this from Mac Word and also from Word 2003. Neither gave me
> > trouble. I understand (or used to understand) styles and outlining.
> >
> > I simply can't make the blasted things behave. I want Heading 1 to be
> > numbered but to display no number. I want Heading 2 to display arabic
> > numerals and restart numbering after every level 1 (heading 1) paragraph.
> >
> > Is that possible?
> >
> > how do i keep paragraphs from changing margin and tab settings when i apply
> > a number to them?
> >
> > I know this is rambling, but i am near emotional collapse trying to make
> > something that used to be easy work at all.
> >
> > If there is a 2007 Word Paragraph Numbering for Dummies book, i'll buy it.
> > Just please help me solve this particular thing so i can go on with my life
> > and not lose a client?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >