I agree. What I've been able to do is create autonumbered documents that seem to hold better than a house of cards. I still can't build a fortress tho. There's always gonna be someone who can mess it up. It's not necessarily because they are careless either. Microsoft has tried so hard to automate features in Word that a writer doing one thing can cause another to change without the writer knowing about it. When using the autonumbering feature, the writer just has to know what those things are. If they do, they can prevent/fix a lot of their problems. For example, one thing I discovered is to base all autonumber headings on "no style".
BTW, if you want to import bullets or autonumbered content, just assign your document's native autonumbered headings to them. (Actually, I'm not sure this will work, but if it doesn't, it is easy to fix.) >Regrettably, Jon, it sounds from McGhie's explanation that even your >exhaustively careful preparation of numbering will not immunize you from >all risks of numbering disaster. Apparently all you have to do is copy >some numbered (or just bulleted!) content from another document and >paste it into yours... -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 "The smartest export Canada ever sent to the United States." Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jharvey at cambridgesoft.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jharvey%40cambridges oft.com Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.