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OpenOffice Writer User Guide
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Create a number range variable

To create a number range variable using Arabic (1, 2, 3) numbers:

  1. Place the insertion point in a blank paragraph in your document.

  2. Click Insert > Fields > Other and select the Variables tab (Figure 362).

  3. In the Type list, select Number range. In the Format list, select Arabic (1 2 3). Type whatever you want in the Name field. (I have used Step in this example.)

  4. Click Insert. The name of the variable (Step) now appears in the Selection list, and a number field (showing 1) appears at the insertion point in your document. The Fields dialog box remains open, so you may need to move it out of the way to see the field in the document.

  5. Hover the mouse pointer over this number field and you will see the field code of
    Step = Step+1. If you click several more times on the Insert button in the Fields dialog box, the numbers 2, 3, 4, and so on will appear in the document.

  6. Now you may want to create another field to restart the Step sequence at 1, so you can use the same sequence name more than once in your document (for example, to begin each set of instructions).

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  1. To create this new field, open the Fields dialog box to the Variables tab. Make sure the variable name Step appears in the Name box. In the Value box, type Step=1, as shown in Figure 363. Click Insert. Now hover the mouse pointer over the new field in your document and you will see the field code of Step = Step=1.

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