I use outlines to organize most information stored on my computer.

In Microsoft Word (offline / standalone: Professional Plus 2021), I want to create a new template for a legal outline with the numbers at each level aligned to the left margin and leader dots between the outline number and the text.

Microsoft Word allows nine levels of numbers in the outline.

On the first level of the outline, after the outline number, the line of text is tabbed at .5 inch.

On the second through nine levels of the outline, after the outline number, each succeeding line of text is tabbed / indented a further .25 inch.

I have spent many hours trying to create such a template, but the outline numbers invariably become scrambled every time I create a new numbered section.

I have tried to use “Define New multi-Level List” to correct the errors, but it only compounds the problem.



Here is a screenshot of the legal outline I have created and, in the second section, one of the many ways the numbering become scrambled.

I would appreciate any suggestions for how to deal with this issue.

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