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Re: Help! Word AutoNumbering Workaround - Anyone Using It?
Subject:Re: Help! Word AutoNumbering Workaround - Anyone Using It? From:Scott Miller <smiller -at- PORTAL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:30:07 -0700
I've used this method for a while, and it works great. The initial setup
is a bit daunting, but then it's a breeze. I've had no problems with it
at all.
By the way, I spent days trying to figure out how to get Word
autonumbering to work like it's supposed to. Couldn't do it. I came
close, but it always screwed up styles and indents. It is definitely
broken; even Microsoft says so, there's a bug report about it on their
Web site.
Just make sure you document how you implement it. If you spend some time
on a project that doesn't require numbering, it's easy to forget the
keys that you press to get numbers.
- Scott Miller
smiller -at- portal -dot- com
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> We are trying to decide whether to use the autonumbering workaround
> posted
> here on the list (the one on Knopf Online, www.knopf.com/tips/01-
> autonumbering/autonumber.htm), with Robohelp (the one that fixes the
> numbering bug in Word). I'd like to hear from anyone who's been using
> this
> workaround -- have you had any problems, or is there anything else
> that we
> should know about before before we adopt this solution as The Way
> We're
> Going To Do Things? I need to know ASAP, so that we can get back to
> our
> numbering. Thanks!
>