Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated December 13, 2024)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
You can take advantage of a nifty Word feature that allows you to easily pick up numbering where you previously left off. This is great for numbered lists that are interspersed with paragraphs that have a different format. In general, the feature is most easily accessed as follows:
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2018-08-25 23:54:18
Rhonda
I believe this is the same text from the tip for earlier versions (2003 and earlier), which I could not get to work for 2007, since I saw no "Continue Numbering" option. What did work easily for me was to just continue numbering, including the not-to-be numbered paragraph, then just go back later and click on the not-to-be-numbered, then click on the ribbon's "Numbering" button to toggle it off for that paragraph.
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