Documentation/Writer for Students/Chapter Numbering
Numbering of headings can and should be completely automated. This has for one the advantage that if you decide to add or remove headings or move chapters and sections around or even change the level of a heading from level 1 to level 2 or vice versa, you won’t have to renumber them manually.
Furthermore you can do this moving around of chapters and sections using the Navigator – you don’t have to mark text, cut it out and reinsert it in its new location! Another advantage is when working in groups. The various participants all activate automatic numbering, then they all get together and insert their various contributions into a new, empty document and finally, with the help of the Navigator, they order the chapters into their final positions. (See Chapters 9 and 10 for more details.)
Automated numbering is switched on using the menu Tools › Outline Numbering (see illustration 2). Normally you will opt for simple 1, 2, 3 style, but it could just as well be A, B, C style or Roman style. It’s also possible to mix styles, that is, have Arabic for the first two levels and a), b), c) for the third – whereby the closing bracket is simply a “Separator After”.
When using 1, 2, 3 style it is common to Show sublevels. This means that heading 5.2.7 for instance will appear exactly as “5.2.7” and not simply as “7”. When mixing styles, you could have level 2 with sublevels shown (for instance “5.2”), but leave level 3 without showing sublevels (just “c)” for instance).
You might want to turn numbering off for particular headings, for example your introduction at the beginning and your literature list at the end of your thesis. You can achieve this by pressing the third button on the pop-up menu (see illustration 3). Be careful not to press the second button, because this would switch on/off numbering for all headings of that particular level!
Note: For chapter and section headings it is important to use the method described above.
Do not simply activate numbering (or bullets) directly in the menu as suggested in illustration 4! This latter alternative is useful only for short lists, but not for chapter or section headings!
Under Position (see illustration 5) make sure Width of numbering is sufficient to contain the whole number (e.g. “5.7.2”) plus some spacing so that the heading number stands out nicely from the heading text – even if you happen to have a heading spanning several lines.
