GrahamDLovell
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Editing a heading in Word 2010
I have got a heading, with heading style 1, and numbered, and line before it is Normal style.
I delete the line before it, and the heading line changes to normal style.
I make it heading style 1 again, and it loses its numbering.
I make it numbered again, and it starts a new series. What was previously 2 becomes 1, and stays 1.
Document attached.
Even if I accidently change a Heading to another style, and then I change it back, I have to start all over again to get the correct numbering (if that is actually possible).
I would like Heading 1 style to stay how I formatted it (as in Word 2000), but it doesn't seem possible. I seem to be always fighting with Word 2010 over headings!
Early-Years.docx
I delete the line before it, and the heading line changes to normal style.
I make it heading style 1 again, and it loses its numbering.
I make it numbered again, and it starts a new series. What was previously 2 becomes 1, and stays 1.
Document attached.
Even if I accidently change a Heading to another style, and then I change it back, I have to start all over again to get the correct numbering (if that is actually possible).
I would like Heading 1 style to stay how I formatted it (as in Word 2000), but it doesn't seem possible. I seem to be always fighting with Word 2010 over headings!
Early-Years.docx
ASKER
No. I wasn't using Headers (as in Headers and Footers), I was using Styles.
My problem is in Styles.
I can't do as you suggest, as it just wouldn't work like a Style. Nor do I want the Numbered Heading to appear at the top of each page.
I want it to work like a numbered Heading in the body of the document.
My problem is in Styles.
I can't do as you suggest, as it just wouldn't work like a Style. Nor do I want the Numbered Heading to appear at the top of each page.
I want it to work like a numbered Heading in the body of the document.
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OK. You are right. (I didn't think so, at first.)
Different document, but once again it had the wrong numbering method. I thought I had already fixed it, but I hadn't.
I changed it to multi-level "Heading 1" style, and it seems to work OK now.
Thanks again, and sorry for being so slow in catching on to Microsoft's new way of working. I suppose I just liked the way it worked in Word 2000, since it seemed to give users more control.
Different document, but once again it had the wrong numbering method. I thought I had already fixed it, but I hadn't.
I changed it to multi-level "Heading 1" style, and it seems to work OK now.
Thanks again, and sorry for being so slow in catching on to Microsoft's new way of working. I suppose I just liked the way it worked in Word 2000, since it seemed to give users more control.
Of you don't like Word's default numbering style, simply modify the heading level and update that style.
A-baby-was-born.docx