Skipping Numbering

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.