Hello all.
While I have used MS Office for a couple decades, I have run into something I cannot solve. If I weren't under a time crunch, I would continue batting away at it, but, being under a time crunch, I am here.

The situation is creating a multilevel list, but I think I need to use styles in conjunction.

Level 1 is essentially: ARTICLE <I>: (description)
This is centered, always begins with capitalized ARTICLE followed by roman numeral article number, colon, then description (i.e. I: Definitions)

Level 2 will be 1.1 (the Level 1 is converted to numeric), and be at the left of the margin


Level 3+ will be indented from the left margin

Example:
ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS
1.1 Following terms are defined
"Word" and definition
"Word" and definition
ARTICLE II: AGREEMENT to do stuff
2.1 Party 1 of agreement
2.2 Party 2 of agreement
2.3 Condition of agreement
2.4 Condition of agreement
ARTICLE III: CONDITION of stuff
3.1 Authority for testing condition
3.1.1 Condition is satisfactory
3.1.2 No other liabilities or liens
3.1.3 No negative history
3.1.3.1 Additional information
3.1.3.2 More info
ARTICLE IV: Another article name
4.1 First item under article 4
... and so forth

While I am here, it's also got Exhibits at the end of the document lettered
And the numbers above need to be cross-referenced!

Thanks in advance for any help or insight.

• How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Ribbon Versions of Word by Shauna Kelly
• How to number headings and figures in Appendixes in Microsoft Word by Shauna Kelly

Those two articles address your question. Yes, you do need to associate styles with your numbering. That is done by defining a new MultiLevel list. Once that is done, you use the styles to assign numbering, not the buttons in the Home tab.

Thank you for the reply. I was on the right track for most of it (though this was much more cohesive).

However, the one issue I am still running into is the Level 1 being roman numeral, and level 2 and beyond all being numerical, including the level 1 reference needing to be switched to numerical instead of roman numeral.

Edit add: Legal style numbering for Level 2 and beyond. Woot!

You are right that you cannot change the style of the first number in lower-ranked styles.

On my machine, for Level 2 I can check the "Legal style numbering" checkbox and the Article number become Arabic in Level 2. Does that not work on your machine?

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Andrew Lockton
Chrysalis Design, Melbourne Australia

Yeah. I figured out the legal style numbering (I clicked it because this is, in fact, a legal document).