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Subject:Re: Word Templates & Numbered Lists - VBA? SEQ? From:dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:05:00 -0700
> need help with making sure numbered lists work properly.
Several of us have posted instructions on using SEQ fields to produce
absolutely dependable numbered lists. Unfortunately, I can't find ANY of
them in the Techwr-L archives <:( so here's one I posted...
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Here's how to get solid numbered lists every time:
For the first item in a NUMBERED list:
{ SEQ numlist \# "0" \r 1 \* MERGEFORMAT }
For the other items in a NUMBERED list:
{ SEQ numlist \# "0" \n \* MERGEFORMAT }
For the first item in a LETTERED list:
{ SEQ ltrlist \* alphabetic \r 1 \* MERGEFORMAT }
For the other items in a LETTERED list:
{ SEQ ltrlist \* alphabetic \n \* MERGEFORMAT }
Of course, you don't have to name them "numlist" and "ltrlist."
But if you always use the same names, you'll never get errors with
overlapping lists. I put each in a uniquely named autotext entry,
and now...
LISTS ARE NO PROBLEM IN WORD.
As for styles, create two levels of hanging-indented paragraphs, just in
case you need to nest, like this:
1. as dfa sdf
a. ads fa sdf
b. as dfasd fas df
2. asd fasd fasdf
No macros, nothing complicated: just four autotext entries and two
paragraph styles, and you're set.
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