It's Okay, Don't Touch

This particular article has to do with Multilevel Outlining.

Any of my students know that I look at each level (Heading Level) of a Multi-Level Outline in two ways.  I first deal with the Numbering Aspect of a particular level and then the Textual Aspect.

Level 1

Article 1. (Numbering Aspect)

Introduction  (Textual Aspect)

Level 2

Section 1.1 (NA) - Method of Operation (TA)

Anyway, when we position the Numbering to where we want it to line up, we make use of the "Aligned at" and "Indent Text At" part of the Multilevel Dialog Box.

The problem that students and operators alike encounter is the claim that nothing has taken effect.  Meaning that the settings they placed in the Multi-Level dialog box will not take effect.

Here are two common reasons why:

1.  The Levels in the Multi-Level Dialog Box are not Linked to the Heading Levels.

Or

2.  When the operator takes care of the Textual portion of the particular Heading Style, they go into (under Modify) Format Paragraph and take care of things such as Alignment, line spacing and Before and After spacing.

3.  What they should NOT be touching or removing is Left Indent and anything under Special namely, First Line Indent.  

The settings that one sees when dealing with a live Multi-Level outline when going into Format Paragraph in terms of Indent and under Special are settings that reflect the choices that "we just made" when setting the position of the Numbering Aspect when we were just in the Multi-Level Dialog box. 

4.  When people see settings in the Paragraph Dialog Box that they themselves did not put in, they tend to want to remove them NOT making the connection that those settings are an acknowledgement of what they just did in the Multi-Level Dialog box.

So, as I said, it's okay don't touch.

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