OS X Pages - set up shortcut, macro, or Quicksilver trigger

I am using Pages for a document that is formatted with many sections, with each section looking like this:

    BOLD HEADING IN LARGER FONT
    1. point-one
    2. point-two
        a. sub-point

I am frequently inserting new sections in the document. Note that the intent is to always restart each sections points with the number 1.

I have styles set up that makes this pretty easy to manage, with one exception. That is, every time I create a new section, and start at the place in the above example shown as "1. point-one", instead of starting the numbering at 1 as shown, the numbering continues from where it left off at the previous section. That is, it might look like this:

    BOLD HEADING IN LARGER FONT
    8. point-one
    9. point-two
        a. sub-point

Pages has the ability to define a "following style." However it lacks the ability when it is a numbered list, to also set the "restart numbering at" attribute. What I would really like is for some way to enable this. However, I do not believe this is possible.

So my second choice is to have a workaround that is better than my current workaround. The current workaround is the following multi-keystoke sequence: open the Inspector if not open, change to the Text panel if not open, click on "Start at".

I am really looking for a single-keystroke that would be able to change the "Start at" option.

As a point of interest, the same issue exists in Microsoft Word. However, there is a solution, but it is quite elaborate to set up and involves features not present in Pages. The Word solution is really obscure because Word 2003 has infuriating bugs in its implementation of numbered lists, and the solution not only needs to handle the restarting of numbering, but prevent the lists from becoming hopeless mangled. But that solution once implemented is quite bulletproof. In any case, this "point of interest" is beside the point.