How can I stop auto paragraph numbering?

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Paragraph numbering is controlled in the PARAGRAPH STYLE menu. Right Click on the paragraph in question, select PARAGRAPH then OUTLINE & NUMBERING. Select NONE in NUMBERING STYLE.

Help has guidance on this subject under the subject "paragraphs;automatic numbering". Note that this option only applies to the "Default", "Text body", or "Text body indent" paragraph style.

Once you have adjusted the document, we would advise the you save the file in .odt format, and work on that copy...Peter