WD2000: Multilevel List Renumbers When Viewed or Saved as Web Page (220498)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000

This article was previously published under Q220498

SYMPTOMS

When you create a document that contains a multilevel list that is three or more levels deep, the numbering re-starts at 1 when you view or save your document as a Web page.

For example, if the numbering scheme appears as follows:

1. Level One
   a. Level Two
      i. Level Three
2. Level One
3.  Level One
					

when viewed by selecting Web Page Preview on the File menu, the numbering appears as follows:

1. Level One
   a. Level Two
      i. Level Three
1. Level One
2. Level One
					

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, you must manually edit the HTML code for the list as follows:
  1. In Word, save your document as a Web page. On the File menu, click Save as Web Page.
  2. On the File menu, click Close to close the Web page.
  3. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, open the Web page you created in step 1.
  4. On the View menu, click Source.
  5. Search for the following line of HTML code:
    <ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
    						
  6. Scroll to find the next occurrence of this line.
  7. In the second occurrence, change start=1 to start=2 so that the second occurrence appears as follows:

    <ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1>
    						
  8. Save your changes and then close the HTML source viewer.
NOTE: You must make these changes from within Internet Explorer or from within an HTML editor other than Word. When you save changes after editing HTML code from within Word, the HTML code recalculates based on the the document contents. When you edit the HTML code in Word, although you make the changes suggested in this workaround, the changes revert back to start=1 after saving.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/6/2000
Keywords:kbbug KB220498