Numbering HELP!

Luke · Guest

I am desperate. I am writing a book and I use the standard list numbering to
notate where a figure should be placed in the book. This works great as it
auto updates when I add, remove, or move the figures. What I need is the
simple ability to place a field in the body text that is nothing more than a
number (1,2,3...) that auto updates. I have messed with everything and all I
can get at are things designed to be in a nice neat list. I need these
numbers spread all over the text of a long document. The only requirment is a
that they sequentially number themselves.

Thanks in advance
L

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Jay Freedman · Guest

The fields that behave that way are the SEQ field and the LISTNUM
field. You can get the syntax by asking Word Help about "Field codes
seq" or "Field codes listnum".

The one caveat is that these fields don't update without some sort of
manual trigger. That can be selecting all (Ctrl+A) followed by update
(F9); or switching to Print Preview and back (assuming the option for
"Update fields" is checked in Tools > Options > Print); or running a
macro that includes the line

ActiveDocument.Fields.Update

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:13:01 -0800, Luke
<Luke@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Luke · Guest

That was it!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!! How do I remove the period after it?

Thanks
L

"Jay Freedman" wrote: