Setting up Custom Outline Format

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#1

I have been attempting to set up a custom outline format and have searched the Internet for an answer but many of the answer refer to older versions of LO and I really am having trouble understanding how to do it.

I need Something like this:

Section - 1

1.1

A.

1)

a)

1.2

Section  - 2

2.1

A.

2.2

A.

What I can't figure out is how to get the sub paragraph automatic pick up the section number.

#2

I have been attempting to set up a custom outline format and have searched the Internet for an answer but many of the answer refer to older versions of LO and I really am having trouble understanding how to do it.

So which version are you using?

I need Something like this:

Section - 1
     1.1
         A.
             1)
                 a)
     1.2

Section - 2
     2.1
            A.
     2.2
             A.

What I can't figure out is how to get the sub paragraph automatic pick up the section number.

Not sure what you are asking, so let's begin with definition of your levels:
  Level 1: Numeric {1..}, "" token after
  Level 2: Numeric {1..}, level 1 prepended, "." separator, "" token after
  Level 3: Alpha UC {A..}, "." token after
  Level 4: Numeric {1..}, ")" token after
  Level 5: Alpha LC {a..}, ")" token after

Are you saying you cannot get Level 2 ({L1}.{L2}) to display properly?

#3

On 4/3/20 3:51 PM, Robert Steinmetz wrote:

On 4/3/20 2:09 PM, John Kaufmann wrote:

On 2020-04-03 13:24, Robert Steinmetz wrote:

I have been attempting to set up a custom outline format and have searched the Internet for an answer but many of the answer refer to older versions of LO and I really am having trouble understanding how to do it.

So which version are you using?

I need Something like this:

1 Section - 1
2     1.1
3         A.
4            1)
5                 a)
6    1.2

7 Section  - 2
8     2.1
9            A.
10   2.2
11          A.

What I can't figure out is how to get the sub paragraph automatic pick up the section number.

Not sure what you are asking, so let's begin with definition of your levels:
    Level 1: Numeric {1..},  "" token after
    Level 2: Numeric {1..},  level 1 prepended, "." separator, "" token after
    Level 3: Alpha UC {A..}, "." token after
    Level 4: Numeric {1..},  ")" token after
    Level 5: Alpha LC {a..}, ")" token after

Are you saying you cannot get Level 2 ({L1}.{L2}) to display properly?

I've added line numbers to help clarify

I Can get lines 1-7 to work just fine.

but line 8 does not pickup the number 2  from the line above and comes out 1.1 again.

My version is Version: 6.0.7.3 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

#4

I've figured it out.

I was not understanding the List Style -> Outline tab -> Customize -> Sublevels

Creating a Custom List Style then setting Customize -> Level 2 ->  Show Sublevels = 2 achieves what I want.

The next lower levels can be set to different numbering types and everything works like I need.

#5

Great (suspected that might be the case - though you don't even need a Custom List Style to make it work that way).
Thanks for posting back to the list to close out the question.