Keith O Hudson

Do you hate the numbering feature in Microsoft Word like I used to?  I’ve had a longstanding love-hate relationship with it.  I love the idea that once I’ve set up numbering, when a document is changed, new sections added or existing sections deleted, the numbering will automatically adjust. I find it much easier to discuss a long document with others by phone when every paragaph is numbered. 

However, it seems that just when I’ve got things numbered the way I want, I make a change to something in the document (like removing bolding on a word) and the entire numbering system changes. I call it Word Numbering Hell.

After struggling for a couple of hours with numbering a document yesterday, I found an article by Shauna Kelly that showed me how to escape Word Numbering Hell, by using numbered headings.  It takes a little work to set up the first time, but it simplifies numbering immensely and makes it reliable, as well as giving you complete control over your document. Thank you Shauna!