How to make traditional outline in Word 2007 Kurt 12/12/2008 9:16:01 PM A traditional outline has first heading with Roman Numeral I, next level is A., next level is arabic numeral 1, then a., etc. In the "multilevel lists" selections in Word 2007, one of the available formats is like that, but when I hit return, it doesn't automatically start a new level (e.g., if I have completed "I. First topic" then hit return, Word does not automatically generate "II." and await input. OTHER selections on the Multilevel list selections act this way, however. So, how do I get Word to automatically add the appropriate numbering as I enter text in a traditional outline?

Re: How to make traditional outline in Word 2007 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 12/13/2008 12:01:27 AM The multi-level list you describe is (by default) linked to Word's built-in heading styles, and the "Style for following paragraph" of heading styles is always Normal. You can either modify the heading styles to have the same style as the following style, or you can modify the multi-level list to use another series of styles, such as the List Number series. If you decide to stick with the headings, note that Headings 1-4 are also formatted as "Keep with next," which will cause problems when a document contains nothing but headings. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Kurt" <Kurt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9F3070FC-B62E-4B30-8CAF-290D7481C63F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >A traditional outline has first heading with Roman Numeral I, next level is > A., next level is arabic numeral 1, then a., etc. > > In the "multilevel lists" selections in Word 2007, one of the available > formats is like that, but when I hit return, it doesn't automatically > start a > new level (e.g., if I have completed "I. First topic" then hit return, > Word > does not automatically generate "II." and await input. OTHER selections > on > the Multilevel list selections act this way, however. > > So, how do I get Word to automatically add the appropriate numbering as I > enter text in a traditional outline? >

Re: How to make traditional outline in Word 2007 Kurt 12/16/2008 3:24:01 PM Thanks. I see how to do this now. I assume I can change the "style for following" for each of the Heading styles used in that outline, and at the same time change the font, color, line spaciing, and all of the other settings that need to be changed; but is there a faster way to create an Outline Style? Changing all of the settings on all of the levels (or even 5 levels) seems like a lot of work. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The multi-level list you describe is (by default) linked to Word's built-in > heading styles, and the "Style for following paragraph" of heading styles is > always Normal. > > You can either modify the heading styles to have the same style as the > following style, or you can modify the multi-level list to use another > series of styles, such as the List Number series. > > If you decide to stick with the headings, note that Headings 1-4 are also > formatted as "Keep with next," which will cause problems when a document > contains nothing but headings. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > http://word.mvps.org > > "Kurt" <Kurt[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:9F3070FC-B62E-4B30-8CAF-290D7481C63F[ at ]microsoft.com... > >A traditional outline has first heading with Roman Numeral I, next level is > > A., next level is arabic numeral 1, then a., etc. > > > > In the "multilevel lists" selections in Word 2007, one of the available > > formats is like that, but when I hit return, it doesn't automatically > > start a > > new level (e.g., if I have completed "I. First topic" then hit return, > > Word > > does not automatically generate "II." and await input. OTHER selections > > on > > the Multilevel list selections act this way, however. > > > > So, how do I get Word to automatically add the appropriate numbering as I > > enter text in a traditional outline? > > > > >

Re: How to make traditional outline in Word 2007 grammatim <grammatim[ at ]verizon.net> 12/16/2008 4:39:24 PM Depending on what you want to do with your formatting, you could make Style B "based on" Style A, and then you only have to change the attributes in B that you want to be different. I've no idea, though, whether that might interfere with the outline numbering setup. On Dec 16, 10:24 am, Kurt <K...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thanks.  I see how to do this now.  I assume I can change the "style for > following" for each of the Heading styles used in that outline, and at the > same time change the font, color, line spaciing, and all of the other > settings that need to be changed; but is there a faster way to create an > Outline Style?  Changing all of the settings on all of the levels (or even 5 > levels) seems like a lot of work. > > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > > The multi-level list you describe is (by default) linked to Word's built-in > > heading styles, and the "Style for following paragraph" of heading styles is > > always Normal. > > > You can either modify the heading styles to have the same style as the > > following style, or you can modify the multi-level list to use another > > series of styles, such as the List Number series. > > > If you decide to stick with the headings, note that Headings 1-4 are also > > formatted as "Keep with next," which will cause problems when a document > > contains nothing but headings. > > > -- > > Suzanne S. Barnhill > > Microsoft MVP (Word) > > Words into Type > > Fairhope, Alabama USA > >http://word.mvps.org > > > "Kurt" <K...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > >news:9F3070FC-B62E-4B30-8CAF-290D7481C63F[ at ]microsoft.com... > > >A traditional outline has first heading with Roman Numeral I, next level is > > > A., next level is arabic numeral 1, then a., etc. > > > > In the "multilevel lists" selections in Word 2007, one of the available > > > formats is like that, but when I hit return, it doesn't automatically > > > start a > > > new level (e.g., if I have completed "I. First topic" then hit return, > > > Word > > > does not automatically generate "II." and await input.  OTHER selections > > > on > > > the Multilevel list selections act this way, however. > > > > So, how do I get Word to automatically add the appropriate numbering as I > > > enter text in a traditional outline?-