Heading numbering and section breaks

[uby]

Hello everyone,

I am formatting a document where the first two pages have section breaks in order to custom number the pages with roman numerals instead of regular numbers. These first two pages have Level 1 Headings for the titles, though I do not display the numbers.

As a result, on the first page with regular numbering, I am forced to begin my Level 2 Heading with 3.1 whereas I would like it to begin numbering at 1.1. When I try to use the "Set Numbering Value" option, it says that 1 and 2 are already on the list and I cannot custom start my numbering with those values.



In other words, here is the desired layout:
Page 1
My Title (Level 1 Heading)
- Section Break -
Page 2
My Title (Level 1 Heading)
- Section Break -
Page 3
My Title (Level 1 Heading)
1.1 My Title (Level 2 Heading)
but it instead shows
3.1 My Title (Level 2 Heading)

Does anyone have a trick to force the numbering to begin at 1.1 even after two section breaks and two prior Level 1 Headings?

Thanks!!
--Dave

[Kimberly]

You didn't say what technique you are using to not display the numbers for Heading1, and that might make a difference, but try this:

Don't turn off the display of numbers for Heading1 until Heading2 is working.
Right-click on Heading1 in sec1 and set numbering to none. Do the same for Heading1 in sec2.

Heading2 should be numbered correctly now. Again, I don't know how you turned off the display of numbers in Heading1, but if that technique doesn't work, you can modify the style so the font color of the number is white.

Or, you can leave what you have now but make a new style that looks like Heading1 and set those in the first 2 secs to the new style.

[uby]

Hi Kimberly,

Thanks for your reply, it was very helpful! The prior Heading 1 values were not set to "none" for numbering purposes, so they were being counted nonetheless. Problem solved!