

Your should get Appendix A prefixed to that heading.

Spacing: Before by 12 pt After by 6 pt (or whatever your preference is).Special: Hanging by 3 cm (or about 1.27 inches).Indentation: Left: 0 cm (or whatever your unit of measure is).Outline Level: Level 1 (this is critical if you want your Appendix headings to display in the main TOC at the same level as your Heading 1 headings).On the Indents and Spacingtab of the Paragraph dialog box, change these settings:.Click the Format button on the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box.Click OK to close the Numbering and Bullets dialog box.ĭO NOT close the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box yet… Step 3: Set up other style settings.Click OK to close the Define New Number Format dialog box.Click OK when you have finished setting the font properties. This is where you can set the automatic Appendix X part of the heading to be bold, for example. Font: (Optional) Click the Font button to change the font settings for any text and letters/numbers displayed in the Number format field.

Alignment: Leave it set to Left aligned.Number format: Put your cursor in front of the A and type Appendix followed by a space.Number style: Select A, B, C from the drop-down list.In this example, you’re going to change that so that you use letters for the ‘numbers’ and the word ‘Appendix’ is shown before the letter (e.g.By default, the Define New Number Format dialog box has the Number style set to 1, 2, 3, and there’s a period after the number in the Number format field.On the Numbers and Bullets dialog box, click Define New Number Format.Click the Format button ( 3 on the screen shot above).Note: This selection does NOT set the formatting for the automatic ‘Appendix A’ or ‘Appendix 1’ part - you do that in Step 2 (sub-step 5) when you set up the numbering.ĭO NOT close the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box yet… Step 2: Set up the automated appendix heading numbering for the style Formatting: Select the formatting for the appendix heading’s text - you can easily change this later if you’re not happy with it.Style for the following paragraph: I set mine to Normal, but you can set it to whatever the main style of your body text is.Style based on: I set it to (no style) so that changing another linked style doesn’t change this one too.In the screen shot below, I’ve called the style Appendix Heading. Name: Give the style a name that means something to you.On the Create New Style from Formatting dialog box, set the Properties ( 1 in the screen shot below) and Formatting ( 2 in the screen shot):.At the bottom of the Styles pane, click the New Style icon.Open your Word 2007 document, a new document, or your template.So, grab a cup of coffee and let’s go! (There appear to be a lot of steps, but take it slow and you’ll find that it’s not as nasty as it seems!) Step 1: Create a new style Otherwise, just create it in any document, then, once you’re happy with it, use the Organizer to copy it to your template. Optional: If you’re feeling confident, create this new style directly in your template. The rest of your requirements are just part of setting up the style. What you REALLY want is an Appendix Heading style that incorporates numbering that’s separate from any other outline numbering you use for the headings in the main part of the document. And you want each appendix to start on a new page.

You also want your appendices to be automatically numbered so that if you move them around or add or delete some, the numbers of the others automatically update. You want the appendices to be listed in the Table of Contents, but you don’t want them to use the Heading 1 style. You have a document with several appendices.
