WD: AUTONUM Field Not Updated Correctly Inside Table Cell

 Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
Article ID: Q72064
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you use the AUTONUM field in Word to number several paragraphs inside a single cell in a table, each paragraph displays the same number.

CAUSE

The AUTONUM field is used to number paragraphs, incrementing each new paragraph in sequence automatically. Word treats each row in a table as a separate paragraph.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q115267
   TITLE     : How to Number Table Cells Continuously

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word for Windows User's Reference," pages 226-230

Additional query words: columns
Keywords : kbfield kbtable macword ntword winword word6 word7 word8 word95 word97 wordnt macword98
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.1,1.1a,2.0,2.0a,2.0a- CD,2.0b,2.0c,6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a,97; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,98
Platform : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: February 2, 1998
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