Hi Andrew.

Thanks for your answer. You are right. It is not automatically formatted. But still I am frustrated why it had worked for years and why it doesn't now. It was a super convenient way for me to create headed documents with internal links.

Not the process of creating headings with number and crossref to other sections seems very convoluted and difficult.

Removing the 1. that appears and typing in the accurate number reverts back to the 1. upon making into PDF.

The original template used a listnum-legal to have the numbers fall in order, with headings often being copy/paste from within the document, with a manual change of the text.

Any suggestion would be helpful. I am curious what made the 1. Appear out of nowhere after years of use, but more important, I need to create documents that work.

thanks