Automatic paragraph numbers are codes placed into a document instead of typing actual characters They are most commonly used to sequentially number paragraphs. The numbering codes generate whatever number is appropriate at that point in the document – even when the document is edited, and paragraphs are rearranged. There are two major benefits to using automatic paragraph numbers: (1) they prevent many numbering errors (for example, two paragraph C’s, but no paragraph D); and (2) they automatically renumber appropriately when the document is edited. So, for example, in a document that contains 100 numbered paragraphs, if a new paragraph No. 1 is inserted, all of the other paragraph numbers are automatically updated.