Microsoft KB Archive/61507

Word: How to Assign a Specific Number to a Series

PSS ID Number: Q61507 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

To assign a specific number to a series (for example, Figure 1, as shown below), reference the first number of the item in the series as a bookmark:

Figure 1 part a Figure 1 part b Figure 1 part c

= MORE INFORMATION =

You can automatically keep the number in a series the same if the first number of the item in a series is referenced as a bookmark. Then use the bookmark as a reference to the specific number for the continuing items in the series.

The bookmark must be created by highlighting the desired series-specific number that is generated automatically by Word. For example:

Series Entry Result ———— ——

Figure (figure:) part a Figure 1 part a

Create a bookmark to reference the first part of the specific item in the series. For example, highlight (figure:), choose the Format Bookmark command, and type bookmark1 for the name.

In Word 5.50, highlight (figure:), select Insert (ALT, I), Bookmark (M), and type bookmark1 for the name.

Apply the new bookmark to the remaining items in the series, as shown below:

Series Entry Result ———— ——

Figure (figure:bookmark1) part b Figure 1 part b Figure (figure:bookmark1) part c Figure 1 part c

Note: This method automatically keeps a specific number on items in a series that take up more than one page or exist on different sections of a page. If the first item in the section that contains the bookmark referencing is deleted, the remaining items that reference the bookmark will be replaced with question marks (??) (because each contained a reference to the numbered item that was deleted).

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