> However, in Word, you can stabilize the numbering system. Go to > Tools>Protect Document and click the box Limit formatting to a > selection of styles. Click the Settings link and from there, you can > choose which styles the document's users can employ and which they > cannot.
I just did a couple of quick tests in a Word doc with four Numbered format threads in the dreaded Eight Panes of Pain, otherwise known as the Bullets and Numbering window. I was able to start new numbered lists in any of the threads. That's the core of the problem with numbered lists--you can't be sure that all numbered lists are in the same thread. Locking the styles doesn't seem to fix it. Have I missed something? = Mike Bradley www.techpubs.com
