You need to right click on the affected paragraph, select Bullets and Numbering...
Ensure that you are using an Outline Numbered
setting and that the Continue previous list
option is selected.
If this is already set up correctly then click on the Customise
button and ensure that the Number format
box has grey highlighted numbers - this denotes that they are using a Previous level number
setting
If you can't see any grey highlighted numbers then you can recreate it as follows:
Delete all the text in the Number format box
Select
Level 1
fromPrevious level number
drop downType
.
(or whichever separator you wish)Select
Level 2
fromPrevious level number
drop downType
.
(or whichever separator you wish)Select
3
from theLevel
listSelect
1, 2, 3, ...
from theNumber style
drop downType
.
(or whichever trailing you wish)