WD: AUTONUM Field Not Updated Correctly Inside Table Cell

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 for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a

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          : wordnt kbfield winword ntword macword kbtable word6 word7 word95 
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,; MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a,
Platform          : MACINTOSH Win95 WINDOWS winnt
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: September 26, 1998