Re: Locking Section Numbers in Word

[John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Thanks, but I have 40 pages of sections, 5-10 sections per page.

I need something that will affect the document at a global level. I'm not
going to do this 400 times.

Thanks anyway

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:26 AM Slager Timothy J <
Timothy -dot- Slager -at- dematic -dot- com> wrote:

> Right-click on the paragraph.
> Select Numbering > Set Numbering Value (at bottom of menu)
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> Hi guys...I have a 40 page Word document (Office Standard 2013) that I want
> to break into sections and distribute to 6 different content contributors.
>
> All section numbering is by Style, so when a section is distributed, the
> numbering resets for that section to 1.x.
>
> Is there a way of locking the section numbers so when I move one section,
> it retains its number. I want to be able to lock and unlock, not convert to
> hard numbers.
>
> Thanks
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