Microsoft KB Archive/240138

= WD2000: Outline Numbering Is Not Reapplied =

Article ID: 240138

Article Last Modified on 12/27/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q240138



For a Microsoft Word 2002 version of this article, see 291334.



SYMPTOMS
When you apply outline numbering to a document, remove the numbering format from all the paragraphs, and then reapply the format, Word may reapply outline numbering only to the paragraph that contains the insertion point.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you customize the outline numbering format to link to specific styles in the document. When you do this, outline numbering, a document-specific attribute, is set only once in the document. (The attribute is not cleared when you reset the outline numbering to None.)



WORKAROUND
To reset paragraph formatting and reapply outline numbering, follow these steps in the order they are presented.

Reset Paragraph Formatting

 * 1) Select the paragraphs from which you removed the outline numbering format.
 * 2) Press CTRL+Q.

NOTE: If you use List Styles, this step resets the paragraph formatting for the selected paragraphs to the default formatting and reapplies the numbering format.

Select the Paragraphs and Reapply Outline Numbering

 * 1) Select the paragraphs from which you removed the outline numbering format.
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering.
 * 3) Click the Outline Numbered tab, select an outline numbering format, and then click OK.
 * 4) Change the level of items in your list in one of the following ways:
 * 5) * Select a list item, and then press SHIFT+TAB or TAB. -or-


 * 1) * Select an item. On the Formatting toolbar, click Decrease Indent or Increase Indent.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Word 2000, outline numbering is a document-specific attribute that cannot be reset.

To link a numbering level to a style, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the Format menu, click Bullets and Numbering.
 * 2) Click the Outline Numbered tab.
 * 3) Select a numbering style and click Customize.
 * 4) In the Level box, click to select a level. In the Link level to style list, select the style you want to link to the level.
 * 5) Repeat step 4 for each level that you want to link to a style.
 * 6) Click OK.

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