Heading Numbering Trouble shooting

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I combined two reports and now all of a sudden my heading numbers are getting all messed up. First of all, I don't know why MS can't have a number format for heading 1 that easily accepts 1.0 Heading 1, 1.1 Heading 2, 1.2.1 Heading three, etc.



THAT is the industry standard for most technical reports, but MS's available numbering consists of 1. Heading 1, and so on. Heading 2-9 are fine, but getting that elusive 0 on Heading 1 is a pain.

At any rate, I finally decided the heck with it and created a new list style. The trouble is, it works okay under Heading 1.0, but once I get o the next section, 2.0, heading two starts out with 2.2 instead of 2.1. And further down in the document, not only do the heading 3s start out out of sequence, they're FAR out of sequence (like 3.7) and they are "grayed out". I can see that word initially put the correct numbering in such as 3.1, but the number portion of the heading is grayed out, and is something to the effect of:

3.1.1 3.6.2 Titled Portion (where the underlined is actually lined-through in my document and both sets of numbers are grey). So it appears as if Word tried to put the correct numbering in, but there's some weird glitch and it "bounced" back and put the wrong number in.

I've tried recreated in defined lists, and even went so far as to select all and clear all formatting. One of the original documents was from a guy who tried to hand enter all formatting (sigh). But I would have thought clearing all formatting would have taken out any weirdness he left behind.

Help?

Thanks in advance

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