List styles - chapter heading

Question

Hi everyone,

I'm preparing a template for my PhD thesis (using Word 2007) and have a nicely functioning multilevel list style (thanks to Shauna Kelly website). I want to change the appearance of level 1 from what it is now: "CHAPTER 1. Title goes here" (in caps) to what is on the attached file (made with Corel).

So my questions are:

1- How can I use "ONE" as the number style for the first level and use a numeric digit as the chapter number on the subsequent levels?

2- How can I separate in different lines "chapter one" from the actual chapter title?

3- How can I add a line between them?

I tried a lot of different ways and searched online for help, but so far I failed to find an answer...

Can anyone help me please?

Many, many thanks in advance! :)

Duarte

Answer 1

The answer to (1) is very simple. In your multilevel list, at Level 1, use "One, Two, Three" as the "Number style for this level." Type "Chapter" before it. For Level 2 and below, check the box for "Legal style numbering."

The answer to (2) is found in http://WordFAQs.mvps.org/TOCTips.htm#UnnumberedHeadings. The bottom line is that you use two styles, one for the numbering and one for the chapter title. One of them will be Heading 1. If you need to use the chapter number as the "chapter number" in page numbers or captions, then you will need to use Heading 1 for "Chapter One" and a Chapter Title style for the actual title. If you do that, you'll need to edit the TOC to include Chapter Title instead of Heading 1 for the first-level headings.

If you don't need to include the number in page numbers or captions, then you can use Heading 1 for the chapter title and a Chapter Number style for the actual number. Whichever style is used for the numbering will need to be linked to Level 1 in your multilevel list.

A couple of tips about using "Chapter One" with no following text in a multilevel list:

1. You'll need to set "Follow number with" to "Nothing."
2. Since your title is centered, you may be tempted to set the "Number alignment" to "Centered" (this is more tempting when the chapter number is just a bare numeral). Don't. Leave the number position as Left and format the style as centered.

As for (3), once you've set up your two styles, you can apply a bottom border to the style used for the chapter number.

Answer 2

Stefan has already taken care of your StyleRef question, but when it comes time to deal with the TOC, you'll need the information in http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/TOCTips.htm#Content. As explained there, you can select which styles are included in the TOC, and specify the level, using the Options... in the Table of Contents dialog.

Answer 3

Perfect! Thank you very much Stefan :)

Duarte

Answer 4

When you create the STYLEREF field, choose to reference the paragraph number only. You should then see the "Chapter One" part (because it's part of the list formatting). If you are editing the field code directly, you'll need { STYLEREF "style name" \n }.

Answer 5

Dear Guru Suzanne :)

Thanks a lot! It worked very nicely. the only thing I couldn't do was to change the TOC, but since that will be an issue to fight with after the writing is done, I dont need to be so concerned for now...

Nevertheless, I would like to ask something else, on the Header, using StyleRef fields I have now the chapter title on the right (with my new Chapter Title style) and I wantto have on the left "Chapter one", but it is not working. Of course is because I have nothing there, just the number... Can you please help me with this one too? Thanks!

Below my new beautiful styles, now from Word itself! (the chapter number and title will be on a separate page):