> thank you, that helps very much, but I want heading 1 and the number to
> appear in the TOC and only heading 1, as chapter title, without the number
> to appear in content.
>
> "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> wrote in message
> news:O7gyNTkqGHA.3564[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Do you want the Heading 1 number to display in the document? If not,
> > just format it as hidden: From the Customize Outline Numbered List
> > dialog box, select Level 1 and then click the Font button. Check the
> > "Hidden" option. Click OK to return to the Customize Outline Numbered
> > List dialog box. Set the "Follow number with" option to "Nothing".
> > Click OK to confirm the settings. Then you'd get:
> >
> > Heading 1 with number hidden
> > 1.1 Heading 2
> > 1.2 Heading 2 again
> > Heading 1 with number hidden
> > 2.1 Heading 2
> > 2.2 Heading 2 again
> >
> > And the table of contents, as soon as you've updated it, will reflect
> > these settings.
> >
> > On the other hand, if you want the numbering of Heading 1 paragraphs
> > to display in the document, do not format them as hidden; instead, use
> > one of the following two methods:
> >
> > Method 1: Use a separate style for the text of chapter titles:
> >
> > 1 Heading 1
> > Chapter title here in a style called (say) Chapter Title
> > 1.2 Heading 2
> >
> > Make sure not to include the Chapter Title style as you create the
> > table of contents.
> >
> > If you want the chapter title to display on the same line with the
> > number, format the paragraph mark (¶) after the Heading 1 paragraph to
> > be hidden.
> >
> > Method 2: Use TC fields to add the text of your Heading 1 paragraphs,
> > and omit Heading 1 as you create the table of contents.
> >
> > See also
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/RunInSidehead.htm .
> >
> > --
> > Stefan Blom
> > Microsoft Word MVP
> >
> >
> > "raed shatnawi" wrote in message
> > news:eM7Fu4jqGHA.3256[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I had hard time figuring out how to number headings as the following
> >>
> >> 1.1
> >> 1.2
> >>
> >> 2.1
> >> 2.2
> >> 2.3
> >>
> >> 3.1
> >> 3.2
> >> 3.3
> >>
> >> I don't want to show numbers for Heading 1 , which is a chapter
> > title, in
> >> the content. How can I do that?
> >> consider that this format is for a dissertation and in the table of
> > content
> >> I want the chapters titles to appear, do I format chapter titles as
> > Heading
> >> 1 or I should use another format.
> >>
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