Hiding heading numbers with hidden text

[Treespicer]

I have a test procedure document that looks something like this:

1 Test name
1.1 Case A, Test step 1
1.2 Case A, Test step 2
1.3 Case B, Test step 1
1.4 Case B, Test step 2
1.5 Test step 3

I have a little user form that allows the user to select "Case A" or "Case B". I want to then hide or show the applicable test steps. I can do this with something like Bookmarks("Case A").Range.Font.Hidden = True, etc. However, hiding the text of the headings does not cause the heading numbers to re-sequence. So if I choose "Case A", the document looks like

1 Test name
1.1 Case A, Test step 1
1.2 Case A, Test step 2
1.5 Test step 3

I want "Test step 3" to be number 1.3. Is there a simple way to accomplish this? This happens in many locations throughout the document, so I'd rather not have to do a bunch of somersaults with manually changing/re-sequencing the heading numbers all over.

[JulieW]

Maybe instead of use bookmarks, apply a different style to the ones that will be hidden (that is an un-numbered style carrying the hidden text attribute). Hope this helps.

[macropod]

Originally Posted by Treespicer

I have a little user form that allows the user to select "Case A" or "Case B". I want to then hide or show the applicable test steps. I can do this with something like Bookmarks("Case A").Range.Font.Hidden = True, etc. However, hiding the text of the headings does not cause the heading numbers to re-sequence.
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I want "Test step 3" to be number 1.3. Is there a simple way to accomplish this? This happens in many locations throughout the document, so I'd rather not have to do a bunch of somersaults with manually changing/re-sequencing the heading numbers all over.

You can't change the numbering sequence by merely hiding the headings. As JulieW suggests, you would have to apply a different Style that doesn't use the numbers.

Do bear in mind too that merely setting a range's font to hidden doesn't stop that range from being viewed or printed; those behaviours are controlled by how Word is configured.

[Treespicer]

Thanks, that idea makes sense. I'm okay with hidden text being viewable, since I want the user to be able to modify things manually if needs be.