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In the Modify multilevel list dialog, click the More button.So we set up all levels of numbering in this one dialog box. The list style is the co-ordinating mechanism for the whole "set" of paragraph styles we'll use. We're now in the Modify Multilevel List dialog box (Figure 5). To create your list style, on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the Multilevel list menu (Figure 1).įigure 3: In the Define New List Style dialog, give your list style a name and then click Format > Numbering. Why? Because for outline-numbered styles, we will set the paragraph indent and the hanging indents (if any) when we set up the numbering. Do this even if you want your headings to be indented from the left margin, and even if you want a hanging indent. Now, modify the Paragraph settings of every Heading style so that the Left Indent is 0, and the Special indent is set to (none). Not everyone does this, but I find it useful because of the way the formatting of Word's styles cascade. Modify Heading 2 so it's based on Heading 1. Modify the Heading 1 style so that it is based on "No style". There are good reasons for using the built-in Heading styles.īefore you begin the numbering, make sure your Heading styles are set up appropriately. That includes the format of the number ( "1" or "a" or "i"), whether the number is preceded by text (eg "Chapter 1" or "Part A"), whether the number includes previous levels' numbers (eg paragraph 1.4.3), and the indents (the distance from margin to number and from number to text).
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A List Style stores the information about how to number each level.Only the List Style knows that Heading 1 is followed by Heading 2 and that it is followed by Heading 3. A List Style 'groups' those paragraph styles into some order. Word comes with built-in paragraph styles named Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3. A List Style creates a set or group of styles.And, each level stores information about how to number text to which that linked paragraph style has been applied. Each level can be linked to a paragraph style. Meanwhile, now I know to make all my finicky formatting tweaks before I try to number the pages.A List Style has 9 levels. It’s a real nuisance and I hope this gets fixed, soon. Then, I add the page numbers again, from scratch. I checked the hidden formatting notes to be sure.)įor me, the most reliable fix was to delete all the page numbers, save the document without them, close LibreOffice, and reopen both LibreOffice and then the document I was working on. When I scrolled through to the next page, all the pages that followed started with page number 1, and went in sequence as if I’d created a special page break.

I am sure that the numbers changed when I used the ruler at the top of the respective page, and slid it so the highlighted text wasn’t indented (as a paragraph first line) but went all the way to the left margin. I think it changed when I centered the heading, but I’m not sure. My page numbers were fine until I changed something significant on the page I was working on.

(Okay, after the fifth time I had to save & reopen my document, I wasn’t just surprised… I was ready to throw large pieces of furniture at my monitor, until I discovered when the glitch always occurs.) So, I was pretty surprised when I kept running into this issue. I’ve been formatting documents since forever, in nearly every word processing program made for PCs. I think I may have found where the bug is.

Thanks for the comments and replies, so far.
