The person who wrote this (some years ago) was talking about headings, not lists. They meant the reader would get lost in the heading numbering system. The passage needs to be rewritten.
Jean On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 at 22:15 flywire <flywi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://documentation.libreoffice.org/assets/Uploads/Documentation/en/WG7.3/WG73-WriterGuide.pdf#page=269 > > > In technical manuals, multiple levels used to be common in headings (for > instance, I.A.2 > or 1.1.1). This style has largely fallen out of practice except in a few > specialized cases > such as legal documents, for the obvious reason that they are hard to > remember. > > Numbered lists are used to reference specific items. This is important for > both legal AND technical documents. > > 1. Can someone give a reference to a LibreOffice Guide section, around > the middle a few levels down, to demonstrate how well lists work without > numbering? > 2. What does remembering list numbers have to do with which list styles > to use? > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
