If you want these headings to show up for future documents, it's essential to click the button 'New documents based on this template' on the first page of the Modify Style menu. If you don't do this, they won't be added to your heading selections. I spent hours setting up headings by a far more complicated method, and lost them because I didn't check that button. This video is the easiest way I've seen of setting up numbered headings, and they actually work!
Thanks Kenneth. Unfortunately I didn't discover your excellent video before losing several hours of my life swearing at MS for making it so difficult just to get a numbered list behaving and counting correctly. Back to basics. You're a life saver!
Excellent job Kenneth! Concise and clear direction. Be sure you select the correct numbering format in the outline list to prevent the multi-level issues in the next comment by Donna below. I had the same issues until I followed Kenneth's directions. There were a couple of headers in my document that I had to switch to Normal Style then back to my correct header style. If this doesn't fix the numbering, right click and select Continue Numbering; you may have to use the indent icon on Paragraph to adjust the style, but should correct the problem. As an additional note, you can add color bars and interesting header changes if you play around with the Styles: Modify: Format: Border (or shading).
This is an incredibly well done video. No self-promoting garbage, no pompous verbiage, just simple and to a point explanation. (It used to be so easy to do in the past). Thank you, Mr. Bellew! Any other videos this good?
I had to "Clear Formatting" for the whole document before this would work. I presume the default Style prevents the multi-list levelling from working. Thanks for the vid, Kenneth.
How do I say "Great Job". You explained this so perfectly that anybody who does not get it, won't get it. I am working on a 125 page document that I will need to run a TOC and I can't wait to go to work tomorrow and get this done in no time. THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!
AWESOME. I spent all day on Saturday going over this using other example. Each time I could get it to work but when I saved the doc. something strange would happen (like the last tiem the number list turned into a black box. Then I would have to recreate. If was like it was so complicated MS Word would just collapes in somw manner. I tried your solution and it was so easy and worked like a charm. THANK YOU!!!
Thank you Kenneth, this video makes numbering in multi level very easy. I have been trying to master the skill for sometimes and am glad I found this tutorial. You the best man. Keep up the good work.
You are amazing. Thank you so much, if I could only tell you how long I have spent following other tut's to work this out and still failed. With the replies in your comment section I also have a TOC that works. Super useful - Huge Thks!
I understand how to create the multi-level, but when I need to go to the next numbered heading i.e., 2 then 2.1... it won't change in the 2.1 level it continues with whatever the last number in 1 level 2 was. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Delete formatting from the headline, press the headline formatting that is the upper one with numbering, press on the number and press tab to increase intent and now right click on headline 2 to match with the formatting. Now when you use headline 2, it will automatically connect with the numbering and has intent.
Thanks buddy!. Just loved it. Explained in a very simple way. All these while I thought multilevel numbering is a tough thing. But you made it easy. Thanks a ton !
What I do is enter the bullets in the numbered sequence then select the list and 'clear all' selection (from the menu pane you get when you hit the drop-down under the "change styles" icon from styles menu on home tab. then select the bullet icon. There is probably a better way but that works for me
I see the headings we create this way don't appear in the Navigation pane in Word - do you have a fix for that? I got the document to set up the Table of Contents properly ...
thanks man - nice and simple I use a template with numbered and un-numbered headings and they sometimes just go out of whack Does Word get confused or is there another setting I am missing? I have also set in my options to get "text only" when I copy from outside of the document and paste into my document.
Good point. To get these in the TOC, you need to select the styles in the Table of Content Option dialogue. Which is located in the References tab > Table of Contents button > Custom Table of Contents > Options and then select the style names.
Kenneth Bellew Ok, so it is actually 'reference tab'>click'Table of contents button'>'insert table of contents'>'options' - then make changes as required.
Hi Kenneth, this is really simple & works well. Thanks for it. However, while inserting a Table of Content, get the following error. "Creating a table of contents ? start by applying a heading style from the styles gallery to the selected text.". Any lead to handle such error ?
Can you help me with something I don't really know how to describe.. I want to put a "stand alone" heading in my navigation pane. I have my TOC with headings and subheadings. I need the item i have in subheading style 3 to be promoted but without putting subs below it..
Nice tutorial. Just what I needed. However, when I show the Navigation Pane (selected under View-tab), these styles do not appear. I managed to make the TOC work, thanks to the comments below, but I don't know how to make the Navigation Pane work. Is it because these styles are not defined as Headings?
Found the solution on superuser.com/questions/810243/how-to-add-custom-styles-to-navigation-pane-or-change-them-with-vba You can change it within the style. Edit style, go to Format -> Paragraph -> Outline level
Nobodu explains how to set up the styles for numbering subheadings without showing the number in first level. If you have Chapter I, Chapter II and so on, you will need to number your subheadings: 1.1 1.2... for Chapter I; and 2.1 2.2... for Chapter II, but you don't wanna show 1. Chapter I nor 2. Chapter II. I've been looking for how to do that, and nobody on the internet explains it. Is it just me who has that problem?
Hi, Kenneth, Thanks for the clear, concise explanation. It was a big help. Unfortunately, I got pretty far into creating a complex document before I ran into a problem: Cross-references don't work for anything but the default Heading styles. The same is true for using Chapters in Figure titles. The custom headings styles don't appear in the pick lists. A google search finds this has been a known issues.for years. :-(
Ha! I discovered a bizarre workaround: Change the heading back to the default Heading , Create the cross-reference, Change the heading back to your custom style. The cross-reference will still work. Unfortunately, this does not solve the Figure numbering problem.
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If you want these headings to show up for future documents, it's essential to click the button 'New documents based on this template' on the first page of the Modify Style menu. If you don't do this, they won't be added to your heading selections. I spent hours setting up headings by a far more complicated method, and lost them because I didn't check that button. This video is the easiest way I've seen of setting up numbered headings, and they actually work!
Thanks Kenneth. Unfortunately I didn't discover your excellent video before losing several hours of my life swearing at MS for making it so difficult just to get a numbered list behaving and counting correctly. Back to basics. You're a life saver!
Excellent job Kenneth! Concise and clear direction. Be sure you select the correct numbering format in the outline list to prevent the multi-level issues in the next comment by Donna below. I had the same issues until I followed Kenneth's directions. There were a couple of headers in my document that I had to switch to Normal Style then back to my correct header style. If this doesn't fix the numbering, right click and select Continue Numbering; you may have to use the indent icon on Paragraph to adjust the style, but should correct the problem. As an additional note, you can add color bars and interesting header changes if you play around with the Styles: Modify: Format: Border (or shading).
Very well done, Kenneth. Right to the point, precise, no fla fla. Thx.
I still use this video every time I need to create an outline numbered list for a template. It is the best! Thank you so much!
This is an incredibly well done video. No self-promoting garbage, no pompous verbiage, just simple and to a point explanation. (It used to be so easy to do in the past). Thank you, Mr. Bellew! Any other videos this good?
Thank you so much - unbelievable how hard it is to achieve such a simple thing! Word likes to keep practical things secret...
I had to "Clear Formatting" for the whole document before this would work. I presume the default Style prevents the multi-list levelling from working. Thanks for the vid, Kenneth.
How do I say "Great Job". You explained this so perfectly that anybody who does not get it, won't get it. I am working on a 125 page document that I will need to run a TOC and I can't wait to go to work tomorrow and get this done in no time. THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH!
AWESOME. I spent all day on Saturday going over this using other example. Each time I could get it to work but when I saved the doc. something strange would happen (like the last tiem the number list turned into a black box. Then I would have to recreate. If was like it was so complicated MS Word would just collapes in somw manner. I tried your solution and it was so easy and worked like a charm. THANK YOU!!!
Kirk Gonzalez exactly!!!!
Thank you Kenneth, this video makes numbering in multi level very easy. I have been trying to master the skill for sometimes and am glad I found this tutorial. You the best man. Keep up the good work.
Great explanation. None of the other videos explains this simple. Thanks
Thank you for the comprehensive explanation. My colleagues work was art; mine was a series of spaces and moved margins. Excellent.
You are amazing. Thank you so much, if I could only tell you how long I have spent following other tut's to work this out and still failed. With the replies in your comment section I also have a TOC that works. Super useful - Huge Thks!
I LOVE YOU!!!!!! NONE OF THE OTHER VIDEOS GET THIS RIGHT - EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED :-)
Great video with simple instructions, it's very easy to follow and understand. The result is amazing.
best I've seen. Thank you for making this simple and direct.
Been looking for something like this for YEARS..... outstanding
One of the clearest examples
I understand how to create the multi-level, but when I need to go to the next numbered heading i.e., 2 then 2.1... it won't change in the 2.1 level it continues with whatever the last number in 1 level 2 was. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Delete formatting from the headline, press the headline formatting that is the upper one with numbering, press on the number and press tab to increase intent and now right click on headline 2 to match with the formatting. Now when you use headline 2, it will automatically connect with the numbering and has intent.
Thanks buddy!. Just loved it. Explained in a very simple way. All these while I thought multilevel numbering is a tough thing. But you made it easy. Thanks a ton !
You are really good! I wish you would upload more Word tutorials.
Great Tutorial thanks. I like how this fixed my problem whilst keeping it simple.
Amazing! So simple yet I've struggled with this for years! Thank you SO much for posting this!
Great, after 1:12 minutes I knew what to do. Thanks.
Genius my friend!!! I spent hours and then you tell us that all i got to is TAB
Thanks a lot!, that was driving me crazy. I would never realize the procedure was too easy!
Numbering 2. the 2.1. etc does not work at all. All I get is a continuation of 1.X.
Simple yet amazingly effective!! Thank you
Thank you! Learn something new in 2020. Need this.
Greatly appreciate this. Simple and helpful
Is there a way to insert a bullet section in the middle of a set of outline numbered paragraphs?
What I do is enter the bullets in the numbered sequence then select the list and 'clear all' selection (from the menu pane you get when you hit the drop-down under the "change styles" icon from styles menu on home tab. then select the bullet icon.
There is probably a better way but that works for me
Thank you so much! This is the best video ever. I finally understood it.
bravooooo !!! so simple, so helpfull, so excellent. keep on MS word guru
You are my new hero. Thank you!!!!
Excellent! thanks for the clear and efficient walkthrough.
I see the headings we create this way don't appear in the Navigation pane in Word - do you have a fix for that? I got the document to set up the Table of Contents properly ...
Thanks a lot Kenneth, this is a life saver.
Brilliant - just got to the hair pulling stage when I watched this!
Thanks you Kenneth. Great stuff - helped me a lot.
thanks man - nice and simple
I use a template with numbered and un-numbered headings and they sometimes just go out of whack
Does Word get confused or is there another setting I am missing?
I have also set in my options to get "text only" when I copy from outside of the document and paste into my document.
Useful instruction. Thank you very much.
Thank you sooo much. Very helpful, you saved me a lot of time!
Thanks. However, the sections defined in this way do not show up in the table of contents. Any idea how to achieve this?
Good point. To get these in the TOC, you need to select the styles in the Table of Content Option dialogue. Which is located in the References tab > Table of Contents button > Custom Table of Contents > Options and then select the style names.
Kenneth Bellew Ok, so it is actually 'reference tab'>click'Table of contents button'>'insert table of contents'>'options' - then make changes as required.
So simple and so effective! Thanks a million!
Found what I needed, thank you very much
Once this is done, how do we add bullets in these different levels without ruining the setup?
Excellent explanation. Really THANK YOU. saved me a heck of a headache :)
Thank you!!!
When I hit the tab key the number stays as "1)" and just indents the first line of the paragraph. How do I get it to indent the paragraph number too?
It really works! Thanks for sharing
thanks for sharing this. Nice job!!!
Excellent video!!
Thanks a lot
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!!!
Hi Kenneth, this is really simple & works well. Thanks for it. However, while inserting a Table of Content, get the following error.
"Creating a table of contents ? start by applying a heading style from the styles gallery to the selected text.".
Any lead to handle such error ?
Can you help me with something I don't really know how to describe.. I want to put a "stand alone" heading in my navigation pane. I have my TOC with headings and subheadings. I need the item i have in subheading style 3 to be promoted but without putting subs below it..
Thanks for the great tute!
Very helpful, thank you.
thanks alot.u save me
u are really professional God bless u mate
Thank you for making this video!!!
Excellent and Thanks.
easy and simple. thanks.
Nice tutorial. Just what I needed. However, when I show the Navigation Pane (selected under View-tab), these styles do not appear. I managed to make the TOC work, thanks to the comments below, but I don't know how to make the Navigation Pane work. Is it because these styles are not defined as Headings?
Found the solution on superuser.com/questions/810243/how-to-add-custom-styles-to-navigation-pane-or-change-them-with-vba
You can change it within the style. Edit style, go to Format -> Paragraph -> Outline level
OK well done that man - I asked the same question - thanks hey
YES! thank you!
Thank you sir..
Thank you! Great video Works a treat|!
Nobodu explains how to set up the styles for numbering subheadings without showing the number in first level. If you have Chapter I, Chapter II and so on, you will need to number your subheadings: 1.1 1.2... for Chapter I; and 2.1 2.2... for Chapter II, but you don't wanna show 1. Chapter I nor 2. Chapter II. I've been looking for how to do that, and nobody on the internet explains it. Is it just me who has that problem?
It's not working.. I did everything like you but after pressing tab I don't get 1.1., 1.2.... i only get 2, 3, and fuck I'm going insane, hate this
Did you choose your template from the list library?
Excellent vid, thanks!
hello
i have a problem with mixte styles in same paragraph . could u please help me.
i have many many books with the same problems
thank you sir
Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, I love you!
Doesn't work for me. All I get is the same single figure result rather than addition level numbering.
Thanks!
word by default only display heading 1 to 3. Can you update how to get heading 4 onwards please. The video is only half good without it
Thanks!!
Thank you
Thank you !!! :)))
Great, thanks
Now I need to make table of content and it doesnt works with new headings styles. Spent whole day making new styles and it´s not working.
Thanks sir! it was very helpfull. But I can't see my new header in navigation panel :\
+lukas najman this video is great but I also can't get my navigation panel with generated header.
+Rendy Aulia You need set up in "modify style" "style based on" 1. = heading , 1.1 = heading 2 etc :) I hope it will help you :)
Thanks
thanks....
Hi, Kenneth, Thanks for the clear, concise explanation. It was a big help. Unfortunately, I got pretty far into creating a complex document before I ran into a problem: Cross-references don't work for anything but the default Heading styles. The same is true for using Chapters in Figure titles. The custom headings styles don't appear in the pick lists. A google search finds this has been a known issues.for years. :-(
Ha! I discovered a bizarre workaround: Change the heading back to the default Heading , Create the cross-reference, Change the heading back to your custom style. The cross-reference will still work. Unfortunately, this does not solve the Figure numbering problem.
how to make 1.2.1
gee.. you couldn't make it any easier
Thank you!!!
Thank you