Sequential Numbers in MS Word 2007 - 2010
A few weeks ago, someone requested this information. Well, here it is.
In 2007 or 2010, click on the Insert Tab and then, click on Quick Parts. In the menu, click on Field. A dialogue box will come up. On the left side, you will see a ListBox labeled Field Names. The names are in alphabetical order, you will need to scroll down and select the one labeled: Seq. When you select it, you will see a TextInput box. In the box to the far left will be the letters: SEQ. after SEQ type in Exhibit \r 1. Now click on the Ok button. In Word, you should see the numeral one: 1. Right click on the one: 1; then click on the Toggle Field Codes. You should now see -- {SEQ Exhibit /r 1 /* MERGEFORMAT}. Select the entire string, copy it and then paste it onto another line. You will now see a numeral one -- 1 -- where you pasted. Right click on it and from the menu select Toggle Field Codes. Now you want to edit this line from this {SEQ Exhibit /r 1 /* MERGEFORMAT} to this {SEQ Exhibit /n /* MERGEFORMAT}. Select the change you just made -- remember to include the brackets -- and then click on the Quick Parts menu again. From the menu, click on the Save Selection to QuickPart Gallery item. This will now save this to the Quick Parts menu and every time you click on it in the menu, it will insert the next number in the sequence starting from one. If you now go and toggle your field codes back on the page in word you will see a numeral - 1 and a numeral two - 2. You can now delete everything on the page and whenever you want to start and continue on with the sequence starting with 1 just click on the QuickParts menu. If you want to start with a higher number, just change the 1 in Exhibit \r 1 to whatever number you want to start with.
