If you want to continue a numbered list later on in your document, just follow these steps:

 

1. Make sure the first list is created properly.
2. Select the second list.
3. Click the Format menu and click Bullets and Numbering, or right-click on the text and click Bullets and Numbering.
4. Click the Numbers tab and select the style you used previously.
5. Check the box Continue previous list.
6. Click OK.

 

 

If you have already added numbers to the text, you can right-click the list and click Continue Numbering:

 

 

There will also be situations where Word continues your numbering where you don’t want it to. In this situation, follow these steps:

 

-          Right-click the line where numbering should restart.

-          Click Restart Numbering.

 

 

You can also set this option using the Bullets and Numbering dialog: