You're referring to MS Word's Bullets and Numbering feature, which includes support for Roman Numerals. Although the taskbar options only include traditional numbering and bullets, you can access Roman Numerals by going format->Bullets and Numbering->numbered, and selecting either of the two Roman Numeral formats (uppercase or lowercase). The numbering system will also begin automatically if you type "I.", then press tab, write a paragraph, then press enter again. However, you'll notice that if you press enter twice, to leave a space between paragraphs, the numbering sequence will stop. To fix this, after the first paragraph, press enter twice...the numbering will stop. Then, on the new line, type "II.", followed by a tab, and begin writing the next paragraph. After you press enter at the end of the second paragraph, Word will automatically recognize that you are using Roman Numerals still, and that you want a single space between paragraphs, so it will automatically do that for you for all future entries.
Hope this helps,
John
I am using the latest edition of Word.
I want only paragraph numbers occupying a left hand column on my page and all text aligned to an indented tab.
By introducing an initial paragraph number then tabbing over to insert the text of the paragraph, subsequent paragraphs will be numbered automatically without user input by Word.
This is what I want to achieve EXCEPT I need to use Roman numerals. What I want to avoid is introducing manual tabs for each subsequent line of text within a given paragraph.
If any smart individual can unravel this convoluted complaint can he/she suggest an easy solution without, say, resorting to columnizing the page.
Thanks
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