Erratic behavior of chapter numbering

saint—112 · #3 09-06-2022, 01:27 PM

Hi Charles, thanks for your quick answer.

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Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

It sounds as if you used the numbered style and then applied direect formatting to the part you did not want to look like a heading.. Attach your numbering to styles and use those styles to apply the numbering.

I forgot to mention that:

I apply the default Heading 1, Heading 2, etc., styles to my chapter titles.
I create a Section Break (Next Page) at the end of each chapter.

It has worked fine for decades.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

If you use automatic paragraph numbering or bullets read Shauna Kelly's directions on numbering and bullets.

These text are tutorials for using the numbered paragraphs and the headings. I started using Word in the early 90's. I gave training courses too. I know all that by heart.

They don't tell how to troubleshoot an erratic numbering.
I tried many tricks including applying to the titles a default style and then reapplying the Heading style, to no avail. I also deleted the Section Breack.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charles Kenyon

This may seem a bit convoluted at first, but it really is not. Just follow the steps. Shauna Kelly's instructions use the built-in heading styles, but you can use any existing paragraph styles including your custom styles. There are, however advantages to using the built-in heading styles when you create a Table of Contents. Here are some more advantages: ... Note, you can modify these built-in styles to look exactly the way you want.

They do look the way I want. This is not the issue. What I want is a consistent numbering of the headings.

I tried to insert an image but one can't import an image from one's computer and somehow it doesn't take Flickr URL. Here is the URL: Numbering Issues. Because of the confidential nature of the document i changed the chapter titles. For some reason the last chapter that was numbered 1 is now numbered 20.

The issue is how to tell the last 3 chapters to follow the numbers.

Regards

Nick

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