WD97: Heading 1 Style Starts with "2" When Numbered (197139)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q197139 SYMPTOMS
When you use Outline Numbering in Microsoft Word, if any heading style
(Heading 1 through 9) appears in the text before a Heading 1 paragraph,
then the Heading 1 paragraph will be numbered "2" when you apply Outline
Numbering.
CAUSE
This behavior is by design in the Word versions listed at the beginning of
this article and is different from behavior seen in earlier versions of
Word. In earlier versions, heading numbering did not increment the
numbering for the Heading 1 style based on the existence of a lower style
(Heading 2, for instance) preceding Heading 1 in the document. The result
in earlier versions of Word is that the first Heading 1 paragraph would be
numbered "1."
In Word, the first Heading 1 paragraph when preceded by a lower style
starts with "2" because of the existence of another heading paragraph
earlier, not because of how many earlier heading paragraphs there are. For
example, if you have five paragraphs formatted with the following heading
styles:
Heading 2
Heading 2
Heading 2
Heading 2
Heading 1
the result after numbering is that the Heading 1 paragraph is numbered as
"2," not "5."
WORKAROUND
This behavior may cause a problem in Word when you use chapter-page
numbering in your document. Heading 1 is usually used to mark the start of
a chapter, so whenever another heading style appears before the first
Heading 1 paragraph, Word numbers the first chapter number as "2." To work
around this problem, use either of the following methods.
Method 1
Rearrange your document so the Heading 1 paragraph is the first
heading-level paragraph in your document. If this is not possible,
use Method 2 instead.
Method 2- Position the insertion point at the beginning of the Heading 1
paragraph.
- On the Insert menu, click Break. Select the Continuous option and
then click OK.
- On the Format menu, click Bullets And Numbering.
- In the Bullets And Numbering dialog box, select the Outline Numbered
tab.
- Under "List numbering", click Restart Numbering, and then click OK.
NOTE: This workaround may be inappropriate for multiple-section documents
that depend on continuous numbering.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/14/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbnumbering kbprb kbualink97 KB197139 |
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