Re: In what universe doe this make sense.

[Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Oh, it needs to be a List style YOU set up and control. Because Word.

On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:54 AM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Read Shauna Kelley's article on how to set up numbered lists. The problem
> with Word is that if you don't link the styles you set up for numbering
> paragraphs to a List style, Word *will *change things to one of its
> pre-set up numbering styles. If you want your paragraph numbering to work,
> you must use a List style.
>
> https://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html?p=1768
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:44 AM John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> Neither are linked to or based on each other.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:39 AM Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>
>>> Did you link that style to a List Style? Because otherwise, Word will do
>>> what it thinks you ought to.
>>>
>>> One of the many reasons I dislike many Microsoft products.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 10:29 AM John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have a style called Numbered List (for numbers and a style for List
>>>> Paragraph (for bullets)
>>>>
>>>> I assign the Numbered List style to the first numbered line and it's
>>>> fine
>>>> except it gives it the number 4 (because the last list ended in 3).
>>>>
>>>> I right click, select Restart at 1. By doing that, it changes the style
>>>> from Numbered List to List Paragraph.
>>>>
>>>> What in god's name makes anyone think I want that to happen?
>>>>
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