I have already assigned styles to the 4 levels of titles in my docuemnt. I have used (the default) Heading1 to Heading4 respectively. It is only when I try to number them that I get the confusion.
On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:44 AM, S Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > Your method is correct, and I endorse your creating a new heading style > called Chapter Title. While this was basically what I was suggesting, you > were more clear than I to point out that the numbering is controlled by the > headings. I rely on styles myself and found they work well and can be > customized according to our needs. > > > > Suzanne L. Perry > P O Box 7493 > Louisville, KY 40257-0493 > Phone: 502-424-5435 > Phone: 502-317-1307 > E-mail: [email protected] > > --- On Sat, 4/4/09, H.S. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: H.S. <[email protected]> > Subject: [users] Re: Numbering layered headings > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 6:31 PM > > > Hello, > > Bashar Maree wrote: > > Thanks Suzanne. But what I need to know is how (the steps involved in) to > > make OOo make my document number the titles in the following manner: > > Each chapter has 4 levels of titles; > > first, chapter title (for example 2) but the number here should not > appear > > second level (2.1 2.2 2.3 ...etc) > > third level (2.1.1 2.1.2 ....) > > fouth (2.1.1.1 .....) > > In document processing, these levels are called headings or section. For > example, in OOo they are called Headings and in LaTeX they are called > Sections. > > OOo has built in Headings and their format is called the heading style. > > In your scheme, you want something like this: > Heading 1 for chapters > Heading 2 for sections/first level headings > Heading 3 for subsections/second level headings > Heading 4 for subsubsections/third level headings > Heading 5 for subsubsubsections/fourth level headings. > > OOo has default formatting and numbering for all these styles. For now, > just ignore that, it can easily be fixed later. > > To try it out: > 1. Type the chapter title you want (just the text, no numbers). > 2. Click on that chapter title line, then click on the top left menu > area where it shows the style of that line (should show "Default"). It > will drop down a list of styles. Choose Heading 1 from there. The > chapter title line will be Heading 1 then. > 3. Click Enter and continue typing the chapter matter. > 4. When you want a section heading, just type it in and select its style > from the Style drop down menu as Heading 2 and continue the text in the > next line. > > You, as you can see, all you need to do is use styles. Later on, should > you decide to change the format a particular style (of Heading 1, or of > Heading 2, etc.), it can be done from Styles... dialog from Format. That > change then applies to the whole document. Quite neat, working with styles! > > I personally create a new style called Chapter Title and apply that > style to all chapter titles. Heading 1 I keep for first level sections, > Heading 2 for second level sections and so on. > > Keep in mind that it is unusual to have more than 4 or 5 levels of > headings in a document, and even within these, only the first 3 or 4 are > actually numbered. > > With this little intro, I would suggest you search google on how to > write a long document in OOo, or who to structure a document, with > styles and headings. > > Regards. > > > -- > > Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding > newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just > filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without > ever having been read. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > -- Bashar Maree
