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How to maintain numbering from a list when copying from one word document and pasting into another.

I am having issues trying to copy sections of a list in one Word document and pasting said list into another word document with out the number sequence automatically renumbering:  Example that number in the list it was copied from was 5 and when pasted starts over at 1:  I need to maintain the formatting so pasting as Text Only is not an option.  Please help.

    1. The airplane

        1. Air

        2. Plane

        3. Person

        4. Place

        5. Thing

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You will have to change the starting value for the number after you pasted it into the other document. Right-click the first list item and choose Set Numbering Value. In the Set Numbering Value dialog box, select "Start new list" and then specify the desired starting value.
Stefan Blom
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Last updated May 12, 2024 Views 9,012 Applies to: