Number to an existing outline

I have an existing outline originally created with no numbering and have
decided I would like to display outline numbers.

heading1
text, text
heading 2
text
heading 3
heading 3
heading1

I would like to transform this into:
1) heading1
text, text
1.1) heading 2
text
1.1.1) heading 3
1.1.2) heading 3
2) heading1

Unfortunately, clicking on the options that used to work easily in Word 2003
now result in numbering all of the above items sequentially, not multi-level
at all.

1) heading1
2) text, text
3)heading 2
4)text
5)heading 3
6)heading 3
7)heading1

Some of the comments on this thread talk about linking things and it sounds
like a computer programming project. There are already two built-in options
that are supposed to do what I am asking for. I really don't want to mess
around with linking this and programming that. Is there any simple (ie. one
or two click) way to get a multi-level list?

If there isn't any simple way to do it, is there any way to save a
functional multi-level list so I only have to screw around with the
complicated stuff once? Better, has anyone else programmed one that I can
just copy from some kind of a template file?

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Sean Ross" <Sean Ross.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1376A10D-E8FF-4404-ABAE-CB95443550B9@microsoft.com...
>I have an existing outline originally created with no numbering and have
> decided I would like to display outline numbers.
>
> heading1
> text, text
> heading 2
> text
> heading 3
> heading 3
> heading1
>
> I would like to transform this into:
> 1) heading1
> text, text
> 1.1) heading 2
> text
> 1.1.1) heading 3
> 1.1.2) heading 3
> 2) heading1
>
> Unfortunately, clicking on the options that used to work easily in Word
> 2003
> now result in numbering all of the above items sequentially, not
> multi-level
> at all.
>
> 1) heading1
> 2) text, text
> 3)heading 2
> 4)text
> 5)heading 3
> 6)heading 3
> 7)heading1
>
> Some of the comments on this thread talk about linking things and it
> sounds
> like a computer programming project. There are already two built-in
> options
> that are supposed to do what I am asking for. I really don't want to mess
> around with linking this and programming that. Is there any simple (ie.
> one
> or two click) way to get a multi-level list?
>
> If there isn't any simple way to do it, is there any way to save a
> functional multi-level list so I only have to screw around with the
> complicated stuff once? Better, has anyone else programmed one that I can
> just copy from some kind of a template file?
>