Jon Harvey wrote:
Hi Lin,
The great realization I had about Word is that the autonumbering feature
is NOT an attribute of the paragraph style like it is in FrameMaker.
Instead, think of the paragraph styles as being attributes of the
autonumbering feature. In turn, think of the autonumbering as an
attribute of the overall documentation design. When Adobe and Microsoft
designed their autonumbering features, they thought about it in two
entirely different ways.
Actually, I think Microsoft thought about it in 17 different ways, all
by itself. For a good laugh, read the entire document at
http://tinyurl.com/5qo8d ("Word's Numbering Explained" by John McGhie, a
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional).
Regrettably, Jon, it sounds from McGhie's explanation that even your
exhaustively careful preparation of numbering will not immunize you from
all risks of numbering disaster. Apparently all you have to do is copy
some numbered (or just bulleted!) content from another document and
paste it into yours...
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