Word – “Restart at 1” resets paragraph formatting of Heading style

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To illustrate my problem:

Create new document

Enter three lines of text: "H1", "H2", "H3".

Select all lines.

Click style "Heading 2".

Select numbering, such as "Number Aligning: Left".

Add 2 ch left indentation and 2 ch hanging.

Update style "Heading 2" to match selection.

Right click on the numbering of the third line and select "Restart from 1"

Observe that the indentation and hanging is broken.

Clicking "Heading 2" will not fix it.

I have multiple Level 1 headings in my document and multiple Level 2 headings under each Level 1 heading. I want to restart numbering for each Level 2 heading when any Level 1 heading ends, while assuring that all the styles of Level 2 headings are consistent– with the same indentation and hanging. How do I achieve this?

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The problem is solved by defining a new multilevel list style, formatting the Level 2 list within the dialog, and updating Header 2 style to match selection.

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What about shifting the heading level by one?

    X [empty, white text color] (Heading 1)
    X1. Content                 (Heading 2)
    X1.1 Content                (Heading 3)
    X1.2 Content                (Heading 3)
    X1.2.1 Content              (Heading 4)
    X2. Content                 (Heading 2)
    X2.1 Content                (Heading 3)
    X2.1.1 Content              (Heading 4)
    X2.1.2 Content              (Heading 4)
------ section break -------
    XI [empty, white text color] (Heading 1)
    XI1 Content                  (Heading 2)
    XI1.1 Content                (Heading 3)
    XI1.2 Content                (Heading 3)
    XI1.3 Content                (Heading 3)
    XI2 Content                  (Heading 2)
------ section break -------
    XII [empty, white text color] (Heading 1)
    XII1 Content                  (Heading 2)
    XII1.1 Content                (Heading 3)
    XII1.2 Content                (Heading 3)
    XII1.3 Content                (Heading 3)
    XII1.3.1 Content              (Heading 4)

Word – How to have two headings at the same “level” in a multilevel list

I found my own answer: The trick is to have the new style "based" on an existing style that's already part of the numbering scheme.

For example, if I want to have two styles at the "Heading 2" level, one named Heading 2 and one named Heading 2 Red but both at the same level in terms of numbering, I would do the following:

Follow the instructions linked above to set the multilevel numbering, and set it for Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, etc. Leave Heading 2 Red alone, at this point.
Edit the style for Heading 2 Red and set the "Style based on" to Heading 2. This will have it inherit the same numbering settings (and other settings) as Heading 2.

You can do this for any other styles that you want to have at the same level in your numbering scheme, e.g. a Heading 3 Red style at the Heading 3 level or another Heading 2 Green style at the Heading 2 level.

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