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From: ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark  Lanett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Dangers of the renumbering command in MS Word
Keywords: MS Word
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Date: 5 Dec 90 15:14:05 GMT
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jacek@munnari.oz.au (Jacek Gibert) writes:

>This is to warn all users of this package about a flaw in the paragraph
>renumbering command (the Utilities menu).  The renumbering command
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>Paragraph numbering should be part of a paragraph style, as is done for example
>in FrameMaker, rather than defined by a series of characters in some pattern at
>the start of the paragraph (MICROSOFT DEVELOPERS SHOULD TAKE NOTE!).

I write my stuff using Word's outlining mode. Then I show only levels 1-4 and 
choose renumber. This way only my key paragraphs get numbered, and it 
corresponds exactly to my document's organization.

This is also a good way to get different styles of numbering. For example, show
1-4 and use 1. as the style and renumber, then show 1-3 and use style 1.1.1. 
You wind up with the fourth level only having one number instead of some mile-
long string of digits.

Mark Lanett