[pseingatl]

Automatic numbering in Word is a nightmare. A separate list created pages before will continue its numbering onto a new list several pages behind. I always type lists as #1,#2,#3 as a crosshatch+digit does not call automatic numbering. Even if you turn it off, a collaborator might turn it back on, resulting in chaos.

In using Word with long documents, I'm reminded of pilots' early criticism of Airbus software, "What's it doing now?"

[gamblor956]

You'll be glad to learn that Word has included a "Restart List" option for 13 years or more (was relabeled to "Restart Numbering" at some point)

[oblio]

I swear this whole thread could be best described as:

"Geeks that have read 2000 man pages about LaTex and have never bothered to browse Word docs complain about missing feature in Word that is actually in Word since the last millenium" :-))