multilevel list duplicate numbers

Question

Hello,

Could someone assist me with the best way to achieve using the same number twice in a multilevel list. We have a number of documents where content needs to be manually removed depending on circumstance. I want to achieve the example below:

1 main point

1.1 sub point

(i) item one

(ii) item two - option 1

(ii) item two - option 2

(iii) item three

Hope this makes sense.

Cheers,

Mark

Answer 1

This is the sort of situation in which manual numbering might make more sense than auto numbering, but what you could try is to create a new style identical to but not based on the numbered style, with the same hanging indent but no numbering. Then insert a cross-reference to the number of the relevant paragraph as the number of this paragraph and follow it with a space or tab to match the numbered paragraphs. Cross-references do not update dynamically (as soon as the referenced number changes), but they do update automatically when you update fields (as by printing or switching to Print Preview).

Answer 2

Thanks Suzanne,

This answer put me on the right track and I have got where I wanted to get by using a combination of multi level list numbering, single level numbering and listnum fields.

Cheers,

Mark