Google Docs Numbering – Define Numbering for Numbered List Item on a Lower Level

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I have a document with several headings and subheadings that shall be numbered. The numbering style is supposed to be as follows:

1.  Heading

[paragraph] 

    1.1  Subheading

[paragraph]

2.  Heading

[paragraph]

However, since I added the numbering option afterwards, google docs does not recognise my headings as being part of one and the same list, but starts the numbering a new for every (sub)heading:

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Now, I do know how to change the number of a specific item in a numbered list in order to match its place:

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However, what I do not know is, how I can change it for my subheading:

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when I try it the same way I did with the second heading, it will not recognise my input as being a valid one:

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How can I either make docs recognise all my headings as being part of the same list, or restart the numbering for an item on a "lower hierarchy level"?

Best Answer

First, from the "Numbered list" drop-down menu, choose the right format for you, numbers/letters etc.

The number 1 was printed before the text, use the "tab" key from your keyboard to push the next line to be 1.1 instead of 2, the next Enter key will print 1.2

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