Old numbered heading/outline style (1, 1.1, 1.1.1)
Looked for an answer here, couldn't find one.
In previous versions of Word, I could edit a numbered heading/outline style so that it looked like:
1. A Level One Heading
1.1 A Level Two Heading
1.2 Another Level Two Heading
1.2.1 A Level Three Heading
2. My Second Heading
2.1 My second sub-heading
... etc.
When editing the Header styles, and editing the Numbering property, there is no list you can select that will do this. Furthermore, the list editor has been dumbed down, and you can no longer build your own list to number that way.
How can I do this in 2010?
TIA!
James
just curious if you're trying to apply this outline feature to an already existing document or to create a new document / outline from scratch. if the latter, i recently did something simliar so i can track it down and send you the steps.
I'll settle for adding it to a new document and go from there... ideally I could reformat my existing document, but anything is better than where I am now.
Thanks!
Hi Sngbrdb,
Go to Word 2010.
Go to the Home Tab - then to the Paragraph Group and the 2nd Icon to the right from the top will give you a Numbering Library. The option you want is in there. Here is a screenshot.
You can either choose this at the beginning of a new document and use the return and/or tab for your next entry. If you working on an existing document, you can highlight the document or sections you want outlined in that particular format then go to the numbering outline icon and choose the format. Here is a small video on it as well to help guide you.
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Sorry, but this does not do what I need... this will only let me do single-number lists... it will also not do outline levels. The button to the right of the one you indicated is the outline button, but that one won't let me do lists in the format 1.1.1 - All I get is:
1. Text
1. More Text
1. And More
What i want:
1. Text
1.1 More Text
1.1.1 And More
Any other ideas? Thanks!
Strange it should work i've tried it on a few different machines.
Try this:
and this
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This is an option from the drop-down outline... sorry, I mis-spoke. The problem is that I can't associate it to a header level. So if I want header level 2 to be in the form:
2.1 My new section
I can't do it. Does that make sense?
Thanks for the help, hoping you have more ideas : )
Im sorry but I don't fully understand the issue? Is this a different problem? The header level has me confused.
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It's the same problem...
If you look in the styles section in the ribbon, you'll see you can apply headings to your text. If you modify one of these styles, you'll see numbering is a choice... in the old office (2003, at least) you could set the numbering style to 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc. You can't seem to do that in 2010.
Instead of going to Numbering why do you go to Multilevel List. the multilevel list gives you what you're looking for at least I think it does.
I suspect you don't find this option here because it seems to be a default option available under multilist that was not available in Word 2007.
In the Multilevel List option at the very bottom gives you additional options to customize this.
One more thought. i just read the entire thread and looking at the format you're trying to accomplish.
1. A Level One Heading
1.1 A Level Two Heading
1.2 Another Level Two Heading
1.2.1 A Level Three Heading
2. My Second Heading
2.1 My second sub-heading
To accomplish the 1.2.1. heading just hit return from 1.2 and then TAB in and it will automatically give you 1.2.1.
I hope this helps.
If this doesn't, we could always resort to an online livemeeting sometime.
My documents looks like this
1. Chapter 1
1.1 A Level Two Heading
1.2 Another Level Two Heading
1.2.1 A Level Three Heading
2. Chapter 2
2.1 My second sub-heading
3. Chapter 3
3.1 ...
3.2 ...
But I do not want to appear the number 1, 2, 3 .. at the heading 1 because is the chapter title. If I will choose to not be displayed the first number then my second chapter will not start at 2.1 but at 1.3 for example, continued the numbering from the first chapter.
Chapter 1
1.1 ...
1.2. ....
Chapter 2
1.3 instead of 2.1
1.4 instead of 2.2
Chapter 3
1.5 instead of 3.1
1.6 instead of 3.2
You just solved it for me! If I apply Heading 1 to my text, THEN pick the multi-level list drop-down, all of my headers magically get the numbered formatting. I can also go into the multi-level list drop-down and pick 'define new multi-level list', customize my numbering, and it will automatically apply to my heading levels.
Thanks!!
That is great news.
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