I have a document which goes as follows

1. Blah blah blah mandatory multi-level paragraph blah blah.

2. Blah blah blah optional multi-level paragraph blah blah

3. Blah blah blah mandatory multi-level paragraph blah blah

4. Blah blah blah mandatory paragraph blah blah

5. Blah blah blah optional paragraph blah blah

Each paragraph has multiple options, so they all have {IF blah = 1 "blah" "other blah" } codes in them.

What I need to do is figure out how to number the paragraphs consecutively if one or more of the optional paragraphs are left out.

I have tried several different options. none of which seem to work, and I am at my wit's end! Any help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

EDIT to include: I forgot to mention I am using Word 2007 for this. Thanks again!document

Hi Wyskers,

If you use Word's paragraph list numbering, Word should be able to take care of that issue without any manual numbering gymnastics on your part.

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Paul Edstein
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