Thank you for the test document! I've had a fiddle around and found a fix that works for the time being. Ultimately I need the parent level to be a chapter heading numbered 1.0 and then body paragraphs in a separate text box that are numbered 1.1, 1.2 etc. I don't have enough time at the minute to learn Publisher in more detail for the current document I'm working on, but using your test doc I've figured out something that I can work with. Thank you again for your help!