Making numbering work

Numbering in Microsoft Word can be stable — but you have to go about it the right way.

First rule — unless you're just creating a quick note to stick on the side of the fridge, or something that you are going to print out and never change, do NOT use the 'helpful' numbering and button icons on the toolbar (the two on the left in the image below).

So, how do you make numbering work for longer, more complex numbering sequences? You link them to styles. Follow my step-by-step guides (written for Word 2007 and Word 2003) and your numbering schemes will work as you expect.