Outline Numbering in Numbers '09

I want to create a five-level outline numbering in Numbers, but each entry has a 1. Surely I don't have to manually change each entry? it's 300 rows! The data has been copied and pasted from a website, then formatted in Numbers. Can outline numbering be applied, or does Numbers assume you're always creating your Tiered numbers list from scratch?

BMcRaeC wrote:
Seems like a no-brainer to me… why WOULDN'T you want to create a tabular outline heirarchy? Excel has had this function for a very long time.
I don't understand your statement.
Numbers isn't supposed to be a clone of Excel. The delivered features are selected in Cupertino, not in Redmont.
Defining these features is based upon :
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> Has anyone tried to get outline numbering to work with
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> dreamweaver? I'm not even sure if this feature is
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>
> I've done the usual trawl around google but only found a
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The English word is "solution" Yvan.
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