Restart numbering problem (2000/SR1)

Topic

New Reply

Hi,

Sometimes my restart numbering feature doesn’t work. When I click Format > Bullets and Numbering… > Restart numbering, the RN option is grayed out (so is the “Continue previous list” option, for what that’s worth). I try re-applying the List Number style from our template, but that doesn’t make a difference.

This has happened before, and usually I can “fake it” by grabbing a “1.” item from elsewhere, pasting it in, and juggling the text. But even that doesn’t always work.

Thanks,
Bob

Reply | Quote

Replies

I tried your suggestion, and it showed the same Bullet/Number spec for the style and the problem text. I’ve tried running different macro code on it, and that hasn’t helped either.

Thanks anyway,
Bob

Reply | Quote

Bob,

Here’s some code I cribbed from somewhere (perhaps Andrew Lockton?) – does this work?:

Sub ListRestart()
‘ Resets numbering of current list to restart numbering
Dim aList As Variant
Set aList = Selection.Range.ListFormat
aList.ApplyListTemplate ListTemplate:=aList.ListTemplate, _
ContinuePreviousList:=False
End Sub

Gary

Reply | Quote

I found this code while searching the list, and it didn’t help. Word seems to think the list has no numbering, so it blanks out the restart numbering and continue list options.

However–good news–I changed the template of the doc from the custom template to Normal.dot, and I was able to restart numbering. I then changed back to the custom template and continued work. Not the best fix, but it’s something.

Thanks for your suggestion,
Bob

Reply | Quote