On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 11:49 +0100, Ryan Jendoubi wrote: > Hello all, > > Rather than spending a lot on statue books I'll only use once, I'm > compiling a collection of legislation I need for an upcoming exam by > taking the relevant provisions from a government website and arranging > them in LO. > > I've defined a Numbering Style for all headings: Act title, part number, > crossheading, provision number, sub-provision. I only need certain > provisions from different Acts - Charities Act provision 13, Trustees > Act provision 2, etc. > > At first I tried arranging everything in the same document, but I found > that even if I selected a certain provision (provision "A")and > explicitly started the numbering where I wanted (eg 13, by right-click > > Numbering/Bullets > Options tab > Start at ), this would change if I > start inserting new provisions (provision "B") from a different Act > above provision A in the document. Then I thought I might be able to get > around it by using a Master Document with sub-documents, but the > numbering of provisions is still interdependent because they all use the > same styles. > > I realise most of you will read the above and say, "Well, obviously" - > that it's all correct behaviour! It's just me having an awkward use-case > where when I tell something to be number 13, I want it to stay number 13... > > In terms of behaviour I was a little surprised that the Master Document > solution didn't work, and more surprised that options set with > right-click > Numbering/Bullet seem to affect the style itself, rather > than the particular instance. As far as I can make out, this is in > contrast to the behaviour of right-click > Paragraph options. > > Is there any way I can get round this? Sections or something? Or will I > just have to keep /completely/ separate documents and print them all one > at a time? > > Cheers, > > --Ryan >
Instead of right-click > Numbering/Bullet, try right-click > Paragraph > Outline & Numbering tab; in the Numbering section, tick Restart at this paragraph and Start with 13. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
