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Skipping Numbering

Summary: Got a numbered list, but you want to add other types of non-numbered paragraphs in the middle of the list? It's easy to do if you follow the steps in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, Word 2003, and Word 2007.)

If you are working with numbered lists in your document, you already know that the numbered list is nothing more than a series of numbered paragraphs. There may be times when you want to have a paragraph or two in the middle of a list, and then have numbering pick back up after the unnumbered paragraphs.

In Word this is rather easy to do by following these steps:

  1. Format your numbered list as you normally would, but make sure the paragraphs you want to be unnumbered are also included in the list. This means that those paragraphs will, for the moment, be numbered.
  2. With the insertion point located in the first paragraph you want unnumbered, click on the Numbering tool on the toolbar. (In Word 2007 display the Home tab of the ribbon and click the Numbering tool within the Paragraph group.) Alternatively, you can right-click on the paragraph and choose Skip Numbering. Numbering is removed from the paragraph, but the sequence continues with the paragraph following.
  3. Repeat step 2 for each paragraph on which you want numbering skipped.

Tip #779 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2007

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