Syntax:

AUTONUM [ switches ]

Description: In paragraphs formatted with one of the nine built-in heading styles, paragraph numbering restarts at 1 in each successive heading level. If headings that contain AUTONUM fields are followed by body text paragraphs that also contain AUTONUM fields, the paragraph numbering of the body text is restarted at 1 after each heading. If the headings don't contain AUTONUM fields, body text paragraphs that contain AUTONUM fields are numbered in a continuous, sequential series throughout the document. [Note: This field is supported for legacy reasons, It is recommended that LISTNUM (§2.16.5.40) be used instead. end note]

The XML generated for a complex field implementation shall not have the optional field value stored.

Field Value: A new paragraph number in ascending sequential order.

Switches: Zero or one of the general-formatting-switches, or zero or more of the following field-specific-switches.

\s field-argument

text in this switch's field-argument specifies the separator character to be used. If \s is omitted, a period (.) is used.

[Example: When the following fields are updated:

AUTONUM
AUTONUM \* Arabic \s :
AUTONUM \* alphabetic \s " "xxx
AUTONUM \* ROMAN
AUTONUM \* OrdText

The results are:

1.
2:
c xxx
IV.
fifth.

end example]