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Continuous Numbering in Word Tables 1

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doneirik

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Nov 23, 2007
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Hi again,

Another question...

I am arranging a complete bilingual document in a table. One language in the left column, one in the right. In order to have the same section on exactly the same position (height) on a page, I would like to have each section / chapter / subsection in a separate row. (instead of having just one row and 2 columns).

Problem is, when I use rows, the numbering seem to reset after each row. If I do "continue numbering" the numbering seem to go left-right , left right etc. What I want if to have one numbering in the left column and one in the right column, continuing across the rows within one column.

Do I need to apply different numbering schemes here? Is there a property with the table I can set?

regards
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Hi D,

To achieve this, I think you'll have to forego Word's automatic numbering and use SEQ fields to generate the paragraph numbers.

If, for example, you code the SEQ fields in the left column of your table as {SEQ Para} and the SEQ fields in the right column of your table as {SEQ Para \c}, both sets of paragraphs will display the same numbering.

It might be a bit of a pain to maintain this, but at least the numbers will update if you insert/delete SEQ-numbered paragraphs in the numbered range.

Cheers
PS: The field braces (ie '{}') can be created in pairs via Ctrl-F9.

[MS MVP - Word]
 
Thanks but this was solved sort of automatically.
By applying different header styles in the 2 columns the numbering scheme follows the header style. I was not aware of this until now.
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