Sorry. Everything I know is in John McGhie's article on numbering. Word Numbering Explained
I do not have a clear understanding of list templates because I do all numbering that will require any editing using the methods set forth in Shauna's article. List templates are at a lower level in the structure of Word documents than I work. In .doc type documents they are in the binary structure; in .docx type documents they are in the xml. If you really want to understand what is going on in your document, you can examine the xml. I do not recommend this path.

My advice: Do not use single-level lists, even if you are only doing one level. Follow the directions in the article to tie a multi-level list to Styles. Use one high level (unnumbered) to restart numbering in your list. I do not know that this is the only way to do this or the best way. I know it is how I would do it and that it would work.



Numbering in Microsoft Word