changing starting number value on a list without affecting other lists [closed]

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After some trial and error experimentation, I discovered that in order to use common list styles and paragraph styles with separate lists, one has to check the "restart with this paragraph" and enter the desired beginning identifier value in the "start at" field in the settings contained within the outline and numbering tab of the paragraph format menu, not the main bullets and numbering menu. The key is checking the "restart with this paragraph" check box.

I also discovered that when designing a custom multilevel outline style, you cannot directly enter letters identifying characters for the various levels in the "start at" field of the bullets and numbering options tab the way you do in Word. The "start at" field only specifies the identifying character order from the first one in the series. Thus if you want one of the outline levels to begin with the character "d", you put the number 4 in the "start at" field with the identifier type "a, b, c ..." selected in the "Number" field.

This may all be clearly explained somewhere in the documents, but I did not see it.