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1.On the Formatting toolbar, click the Prefix button , then choose Custom.

2.To start the outline at the main idea level, select the Start at Main Idea box.

3.In each outline Level box, enter the prefix you want.

▪To use a format in which topics at the same level are numbered or lettered sequentially, for example 1, 2, 3 or A, B, C, select the Sequential Prefixes box.

▪To use a format in which topics at the same level have the same prefix, for example 1, 1, 1 or A, A, A, clear the Sequential Prefixes box.

▪To include the first level prefix as part of the second level, and so on, select the Appending Prefixes box.

▪To use a format in which prefixes at higher levels are repeated at lower levels, select the Repeat Prefixes box. In the From Level box, enter the first prefix you want to repeat. In the To Level box, enter the last prefix you want to repeat. For example, if you enter From Level 1 to Level 3, the prefixes for those levels will be repeated in the next three levels and so on.

4.Click OK.