Re: Locking Section Numbers in Word

[Emoto <emoto1 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

You only have to do it for the first heading on the first page of the
section. Then, all following numbering will simply follow. How many
different sections are you breaking out? It sounded like only 6, but I
may have misunderstood.

On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 11:30 AM John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
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> 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 <
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> > Right-click on the paragraph.
> > Select Numbering > Set Numbering Value (at bottom of menu)
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> > Subject: Locking Section Numbers in Word
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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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