Dan Lewis wrote:
> On Monday April 24 2006 07:43 pm, Stephen Bosch wrote:
> 
>>Hello:
>>
>>Suppose I am writing a document, and I am using styles to manage my
>>headings.
>>
>>Some of my headings require numbers.
>>
>>When I modify the style, I go to the Numbering tab and choose a
>>numbering style. For example, I might choose "Numbering 1".
>>
>>At this point, I would expect all headings formatted with that style to
>>show numbers and in sequence, but this doesn't happen.
>>
>>In fact, no number appears at all. No number appears until I click the
>>"Numbering" button on the toolbar.
>>
>>Even when I go to other headings formatted with the same style and click
>>the "Numbering" button, though the numbers appear, they are not in
>>sequence. Also, the sentence indents despite the formatting of the
>>style.
>>
>>When I click the "Numbering" button again, the indent is removed, but
>>the number stays. Now, if I do the same on another heading formatted
>>with the same style -- that is, click the "Numbering" button twice --
>>the heading has the expected indentation and is now numbered in
>>sequence, but only with the other headings where I have clicked the
>>"Numbering" button twice.
>>
>>Is this expected behaviour?
>>
>>Is it documented anywhere?
>>
>>I don't recall OpenOffice.org 1.x working in this way.
>>
>>Is there a way to make sure that when a style that contains a numbering
>>style is applied, it numbers by default and in sequence?

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>      I do not get the same results with my OOo 2.0.2 (Linux). I opened a 
> new text document (untitled1). I typed eight short lines with the 
> following headings: heading 1, heading 2, heading 3, heading 3, heading 2, 
> heading 3, heading 4, and heading 4. Then I modified heading2 by changing 
> the numbering style to "Numbering 1". The first heading 2 had a "1." in 
> front of it, and the second one had "2." in front of it. These were not 
> there before I modified numbering style. The numbering before this heading 
> style disappears when the numbering style is returned to "None."
>      As far as the added indentations are concerned, the style Numbering 1 
> is causing that. Modify this style in the List group of styles to remove 
> the additional indentation.
>      Are you using the OOo 2.0.2 from the OOo website or one provided by 
> your distro of Linux?

This is the OOo 2.0.2 binary e-build from Gentoo Linux 2006.0. So --
unlike Laurent, I *am* having this problem in Linux OOo. The fact that
it has been reported in Windows also suggests that it's an OOo problem.

I think this warrants filing a bug report.

-Stephen-

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