I created a template over a year ago that I have been using without problem - until now. One of my styles is a numbered list that I use to write steps in a procedure. (I'm a technical writer.) Until today everything was fine.



Now when I begin a new section and select the style for steps, instead of starting at number 1, the numbering continues from the previous list - even if it is in a different chapter. If I right-click the para and select Restart at 1, the indentation decreases for that paragraph only! The next para (step 2) is indented at the style's defined point.

Further, I've noticed that when I access the style definitions, the numbering library has nothing selected. And every time I select a number style, Word refuses to save it. That is, I save it but if I go right back into the style, there is no numbering selected.

Any help?

If this is a numbered paragraph style, I would expect numbering to continue when it is being reapplied to text later in the same document. List styles, on the other hand, do restart. The safest way to force restarts is to set up a multilevel list (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...g20072010.html).

For single-level numbering attached to a paragraph style, no numbering appears to be selected in the Modify Style dialog box when you click Format, Number. This is confusing but it is by design in recent versions of Word.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional

I'll have to look into this and get back to you. Thanks.