Microsoft KB Archive/142780

= WD: Numbered List Incorrect Using "Page Break Before" Within List =

Article ID: 142780

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q142780



SYMPTOMS
When you apply Page Break Before formatting within a numbered list, Microsoft Word may number the items incorrectly. For example, when you type the list, format it as a numbered list, and then apply Page Break Before formatting to the third item in the list, Word renumbers the list as follows:
 * 1) Collie
 * 2) Labrador


 * 1) Spaniel
 * 2) Beagle
 * 3) Terrier

The results are the same if you apply the Page Break Before formatting before you number the list.

To locate the Page Break Before options, click Paragraph on the Format menu, and then click the Text Flow tab.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, insert a Next Page section break in place of the Page Break Before formatting. To do this, click Break on the Insert menu, click Page Break, and then click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: number numbering same duplicate duplicates identical

Keywords: kbformat KB142780

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