Seq field solution?

[Dan Goldstein]

Sounds like a job for AutoNumLgl fields, which update automatically
according to their place in the document hierarchy. I always use them
for numbering headings (usually for figures and tables, too). Just as
solid as SEQ fields, and you don't even have to press F9!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jopakent
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 5:00 PM
> To: TECHWR
> Subject: Seq field solution?
> 
> ... I thought I'd mastered Word's numbering "joy" to 
> the extent that I'd be able to set up a simple set 
> of Heading 1, 2, & 3 that would number as 1.0, 1.1, 
> & 1.1.1, but after a week of on again off again 
> performance I'm approaching ga-ga-land.
> 
> As this is a new gig and a new set of opportunities, 
> my first response to seeing that I am going to be 
> working with Word and nested, numbered headings was 
> to do some Google searches on seq fields. 
> 
> Alas, I didn't really find a solution that worked. 
> I know that seq fields work pretty well (we used em 
> for numbering appendix figures and tables in my last 
> gig), but what I was hoping to find was something 
> that would be somewhat automatic once I set it up. 
> I thought I'd be able to define a numbering level, 
> associate it with a Heading style, and then have 
> the numbering update depending on where the text 
> occurs in the document. (In other words if I've got 
> section 1.5.1 and insert a couple of Heading 1's in 
> front of it, section 1.5.1 would update to section 
> 3.5.1)...
> 

This message contains confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing, copying, electronic storing or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this message is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this message by mistake, please notify us, by replying to the sender, and delete the original message immediately thereafter.  Thank you.