I am trying to combine multiple chapters of my PhD thesis which are self contained separate documents with heading numbers for each chapter eg chapter 1 has 1.1, 1.2 etc. chapter 2 has 2.1, 2.2 etc etc.

I have a dilemma....



If I use the "insert text from file" tool then when the headers are imported Word 2007 assumes all the heading 2 items are the same and numbers them 2 and all the heading 3 items are the same. So that when I add a table of contents word thinks I only have 3 chapters but I actually have 6.

I was potentially thinking of using Adobe Acrobat to combine the documents but then have the issue that the figures for each chapter will be specific to that chapter ie figure 1 in chapter 2 and figure 1 in chapter 3.

Ideally I want to force the headings to sort themselves out in Word. Now besides from manually typing the headings in and as such manually creating a table of contents, is there any way of inserting a "list break" rather like a section break such that the numbering only applies to a certain section of the thesis ?

I have tried to change the numbering to start at 1 but it says that the number must be lower than the previous

It is rather confusing to explain but hopefully I have got my point across.

I have looked at using master documents but it starts messing around even more.

Any help would be much appreciated

Grant

Hi Grant,

Each chapter should use the same heading levels for its headings as all the others, and each heading (except level 1) should be configured to restart numbering whenever the one above it changes. When you combine the documents, the headings for chapter 1 will start at 1, the headings for chapter 2 will start at 2, and so on.

You may also want to check out how to include chapter numbers in the page references:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/ChapterNumber.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...rNumbering.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290953
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313288

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]