This issue has been around for awhile. I thought it had been fixed at
one point, but it has not been working in recent releases. It affects
the compilation of our user guides, requiring a lot of manual checking
and fixing of numbered lists.
The basic issue is that when CUSTOM numbering styles are used for
lists, the first item in the first list in a file does not retain a
"restart at 1" setting when the file is saved. When files are used
standalone, this isn't a problem, but when they are combined (as in a
master document), the first list in each chapter continues numbering
from the last list in the previous chapter and must be manually changed.
We really need this fixed, so please vote.
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=51519
BTW, this is only one of a series of issues related to to the use of
custom styles, several of which cause us hassles.
--Jean
