Complex list style

iainfs · #1 08-22-2012, 02:37 AM

Hi,

I need a rather complex list style for an outline numbering system. I have the following styles:

Heading 1 (H1)
Heading 2 (H2)
Second-level Paragraph (P2)
Third-level Paragraph (P3)

I need to incorporate them into an outline numbering scheme that works, for example, as follows.

Code:

1 A main heading (H1)
      1.1 A subheading (H2)
           1.1.1 A paragraph of body text at level three (P3)
           1.1.2 Another paragraph of body text (P3)
2 A second main heading (H1)
      2.1 A paragraph of body text at level two (P2)
      2.2 And another one (P2)
      2.3 But this is a heading! (H2)
           2.3.1 And here's a body paragraph (P3)

i.e. all paragraphs and headings are numbered, and things at level 2 are sometimes headings and sometimes body text. Furthermore, only the headings should have ToC entries, so the ToC for the above should only have entries

1
1.1
2
2.3

Bastardised system I know. Unfortunately I don't have a choice about the numbering scheme; the documents come from a toolkit and the numbreing needs to be preserved. Hope somebody can help anyway

Thanks
iainfs

Stefan Blom · #2 08-22-2012, 05:45 AM

Set up the numbering using the heading styles (see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...ering2003.html) and then make sure that the styles used for the text body are based on the appropriate corresponding heading. The body text styles will then "inherit" the numbering of that level.

iainfs · #3 08-22-2012, 06:24 AM

Stefan, I can't thank you enough! It works perfectly.

Stefan Blom · #4 08-22-2012, 06:32 AM

You are welcome. :-)

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