Hello Paul > > I gave up on numbering with OO a long time ago because I have never been > abble to understand how it was supposed to work. Or, perhaps because I > used M$Word extensively in my corporate employment, OO doesn't do it as > intuitively as I would like.
I also use MS Office in my company and I did not find numbering any simpler. I'll have another look OO, but what I don't understand is; > > Why am I allowed to modify, say, styles Heading1..Headingn, assign a > numbering style to them, only to have it do absolutely nothing or, worse > still, plonk the same number at the beginning of each successive > heading. What I usually get is > [snip] Do not assign a numbering style to the styles, use outline numbering instead. Using the numbered items gives you far more flexibility but it is very difficult to master (I, for one, cannot do it). In general I think that the numbering tab in the styles setup dialog should come with a big fat warning such as "use at your own risk" :-) Outline numbering: use styles for the headings and subheadings, for example Heading 1 and heading 2. In Tools > Outline numbering make sure that: In the Numbering page level 1 (on the left) is associated with Heading 1, that numbering is set to Arabic Level 2 is associated with Heading 2, the numbering is set to Arabic and, separator to (dot) and show sub-levels to 2. On the right of the dialog you can see a preview. Use the Position page to adjust the indentation (my suggestion is though to adjust the indentation in the style itself. To restart numbering or insert an item without numbering (e.g. an executive summary) use the corresponding buttons on the Numbering toolbar. Finally: Check out the www.OOoAuthors.org web site where you can download for free a User guide to Writer that explains with many examples how numbering and outline numbering work. Cheers, Michele
