Word looks at the customization, laughs, and starts it with 6.

See, now, this is why I never use automatic numbering. I'd rather just type the damn numbers and proof them to make sure I got them right. So much easier!

Except that I've now heard from a number of different news sources that Isaac didn't write the press release about quitting. I heard a rumor on the radio that it's because he's ill or had a stroke earlier this year, and some Scientology handler wrote the release at a time when Isaac wasn't in much of a position to say no.

I'm not sure that any of the "is sick/had a stroke" talk is true, but I've heard from multiple sources that Isaac did not write the original press release, so I'm now inclined to believe that part.

Of course, otoh, this latest could be Scientology smearing South Park for firing a sick man.

Not that they would ever do such a thing of course. Scientology is a fine religion and may well be the one Truth. They exert pressure on no one, except to protect their copyrights. All of their members are free to do as they will. Scientology is a fine religion and may well be the one Truth. They exert pressure on no one, except to protect their copyrights. All of their members are free to do as they will. Scientology is a fine religion ...

Looks like there will be a Star Wars TV series.

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I have to admit to low expectations.

Scientology is a fine religion.

Of course, I can't attest to the authenticity of the above.

Scientology is a fine religion.

Now I'm tempted to fill out that form for my cat....

there should be some radio buttons that determine whether the numbered list starts fresh, or continues the last numbered list.

Yeah, those are grayed out, and nothing I do makes them reappear.

Try doing a "Save As" and then trying numering again.

Damn. Still no luck.

See, now, this is why I never use automatic numbering. I'd rather just type the damn numbers and proof them to make sure I got them right.

Unfortunately, I inherited documents with a bunch, nay, a ton, of customized styles.

Is there a way that I can break my manuscript up into individual docs (I can do this manually, of course) and then have word set them into chapters? Does this make sense?

It sounds like you're talking about the Word master document function, which is notoriously insane, I'm afraid to say.

Yep. Word looks at the customization, laughs, and starts it with 6.

Have you tried removing the formatting from the previous list, putting a few hard returns between the lists, then reapplying the numbered list function to each?

then reapplying the numbered list function to each?

The problem, as far as I can tell, isn't with the numbered list function per se, it's with the style. And if I poke it the wrong way, Word punishes me by fucking up the style, and consequently renumbering or moving every single other numbered list in the document.

Also, sometimes it inserts new tabs into the style, or it "forgets" what the indents are set at.

I've pulled the relevant section into a new document, in the hopes that I can reinsert it at some point.

On the Star Wars TV series:

merauder writes to tell us BBC News is reporting that the new Star Wars TV series is set to run at least 100 episodes. From the article: "The series will be set between episodes three and four of the film saga. It would cover the 20 years in the life of Luke Skywalker growing up that remains a mystery to most film-goers. McCallum said there would be 'a whole bunch of new characters' and the series would be 'much more dramatic and darker.'"

Who the hell gives a fuck what Luke was doing when he was growing up? He was pretty much just farming and bullseyeing womprats.

Maybe they could make it interesting if Luke went to Hogwarts....

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Who the hell gives a fuck what Luke was doing when he was growing up? He was pretty much just farming and bullseyeing womprats.

Exactly my thought, tommyrot. It's been pretty firmly established that he drained water condensers and shot space rodents, WE DON'T NEED 100 EPISODES OF THAT, THANK YOU.