How to create your thesis with Word 2007 and 2010: Step 7 - Heading Numbering in Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010

Before we go to any details about heading numbering in Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010, let me tell first that in previous posts we have learned how to apply Heading styles for chapters in Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010 and how to modify them. We first learn from scratch in the process of Creating Thesis with Word 2007 or 2010 on how to use default Heading Styles (Step 4), How to Modify Heading 1 (Step 5), and then How to Modify Heading 2 and 3 (Heading 6). Resulting from these learning steps, we have created Microsoft Word 2007 documents (editable in Word 2010) called Academic Document which we re-saved to Academic Document 1 and then to Academic Document 2. I recommend you to download all of these documents for you to easily understand the process.

Now in this post we will learn how to give number to Heading or to chapters. This is very important in academic documents creation. There are still lots of people who have not found how to do this in the best way.

1. Open the Academic Document 2
2. While your mouse cursor is on Introduction and Heading 1 in Style panel is being selected, click Multilevel List on Paragraph ribbon (under Home menu). See this below

3. Select the multilevel list indicated in the image from List Library
4. After that, select Define New Multilevel List to bring up its window
5. Click More tab to expand the window, and you can see all attributes for Heading 1 style and its numbering.

For now, leave it as such for Heading 1

Numbering Heading 2

1. Move to select number 2 under Click level to modify:
2. For Include level number from: select Level 1
3. Put a dot after the first number 1 appearing in the box of Enter formatting for number:
4. Then select 1, 2, 3, ... for Number style for this level: box
5. Set 1 cm for Text indent at:
6. For Follow number with:, select Tab character
7. Select radio button of Stop tab at: and the put 1 in the box.

Numbering Heading 3

1. Move to select number 3 under Click level to modify:
2. For Include level number from: select Level 1
3. Put a dot after the first number 1 appearing in the box of Enter formatting for number: 
4. For Include level number from: select Level 2 
5. Put another dot after the second number 1 appearing in the box of Enter formatting for number: 
6. Then select 1, 2, 3, ... for Number style for this level: box
7. Set 1.5 cm for Text indent at:
8. For Follow number with:, select Tab character
9. Select radio button of Stop tab at: and the put 1.5 in the box.

10. Click OK. 

Your Academic Document now will have the following appearance. Save your Academic Document 2 into a new name called Academic Document 3.

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