Microsoft Word 2019: Permanently separating numbered lists
I have a long document. I am adding numbered lists with many indentations like
- a)
- a) b) i)
where each new numbering system is marked by a new level of indentation, e.g. the numbers one tab to the right, the letters 2 tabs, the i, ii, iii system 3 tabs
When I now am done with that long list with many indentations I start a new section in the same document. When I make a new list it is automatically connected to the old one. That is, if I change the formatting on that list, by e.g. saying the indented numbers should be further to the right in my second list, they also move in the first list.
I want them to be completely separate. How can I, by default, separate these lists? I want the numbering not to continue, neither do I want the spacing / formatting to be connected. I do not even know why Word considers these lists to be linked when they're not even close to each other.
Solution 1:
You click in the numbered list (1st level), then click on the arrow at Start > Paragraph > Multi-level list, and then define a "new multi-level list" below, paying attention to the following (especially if not only the style sheets, but also text already exists):
Apply changes for complete list
Connect to the respective format template, for example like this: Level 1>"List 1", Level 2>"List 2", etc.
Make sure that the checkmark next to "Start list at ..." is set and that the next higher level is set as the decisive factor (otherwise the numbering will always continue and does not start again).
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