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Numbering chapters and sections

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Numbering chapters and sections

- [Instructor] This document that we began with, our employee manual, was numbered at different levels. Easiest way to see this, of course, is to turn on the navigation pane. And if we look at the document as a whole, we see Section 1, and then 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and so on. Now, if you're creating a long document, and you want to have it numbered this way, it's helpful to know how that is done. And the secret is to choose from the multi-level list library, a multi-level list that includes the word Heading in it. For example, if I choose this one, Article 1, then Heading 1, notice that it will reformat, so that now I have Article 1, Section 1.0, 1.1, and so on. Let's make another choice. Let's choose, instead, the one in the lower right, where Heading 1 is Chapter 1. And notice, Chapter 1 Introduction, and then no numbers for any of the others. This choice is simply 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, and so on. Now, you also have the ability to modify this. For example, if we wanted to add some text to the…

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