WD98: Custom Style Changes When Numbering Applied to Based-On Style (181362)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q181362

SYMPTOMS

When you create a new style based on an existing style, and you then define the existing style (the style the new style was based on) to include numbering, the new style will also be defined to include numbering.

NOTE: Numbering includes Bulleted, Numbered, and Outline Numbered.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design and is different from earlier versions of Word. In Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition, any custom style will inherit numbering that is applied to the style that it is based on.

WORKAROUND

Do not apply numbering to the existing style. Instead, apply numbering to the new style.

MORE INFORMATION

In earlier versions of Word, if you create a new style, for example MyStyle, and base it on the built-in Heading 1 style, it takes on the Heading 1 style attributes. If you then define Heading 1 to have heading numbering, Heading 1 will have the heading numbering attribute applied to it, but MyStyle will not.

In Word 98 Macintosh Edition, when you define the Heading 1 style to have heading numbering, both Heading 1 and MyStyle will have the heading number attribute applied to it.

For more information about creating a new style, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in MS Word Help, type the following text

styles, creating

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Create new styles" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

REFERENCES

For more information about working with numbering, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

179675 WD98: How to Use Outline (Multilevel) Numbering

180502 WD98: Switching Between Bullets and Numbers Removes Indents

180503 WD98: General Information About Bullets and Numbering

180504 WD98: Outline Numbering Is Not Reapplied

181261 WD98: Conversion of Bullets and Numbering

For more information about numbering, click Contents And Index on the Help menu (or on the Balloon Help menu if you are using a version of the Macintosh operating system earlier than 8.0), click the Index button in MS Word Help, type the following text

numbering lists

and then click Show Topics. Select the "Add bullets or numbers to lists" topic, and click Go To. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/4/2002
Keywords:kbnumbering kbprb KB181362
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