Try the example, then check the result.
Download the fictional material and follow the steps below. The video uses English illustrative diagrams; it does not present a live app recording. Product controls may vary by version.
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The video uses English illustrative diagrams; it does not present a live app recording. English captions. Product menus may differ in your account.
Quick answer. Click the first number in the second list, choose List options > Restart numbering, set it to 1, and check that the second section reads 1, 2 while the first stays 1, 2.
Use the fictional practice file and independent answer check. Work in a permitted copy.
Before you start. Use a copy of the fictional two-section checklist. An imported DOCX may change list structure; confirm the numbered items are editable in Google Docs before following the steps.
1. Use a real numbered list
Open a copy of the practice document in Google Docs. Check that both sections contain editable numbered lists rather than typed numbers. If the imported DOCX lost its list formatting, select the two Materials lines and apply a numbered list before changing the start value.
Checkpoint: Editable list formatting confirmed.
2. Select the first number in Materials
Click the number beside Count pens, the first item under Materials. Watch the cursor land in Materials before opening the menu. The list controls act on the list that contains your cursor. Leave the Venue list alone; it already starts correctly at one.
Checkpoint: Materials list targeted.
3. Restart numbering at one
Open List options for the selected numbered item. Choose Restart numbering and set the start value to one. Google Docs also offers Continue previous numbering; that is the opposite choice when the new list is meant to keep counting from Venue.
Checkpoint: Second list begins at 1.
4. Check both sections
Read the actual list numbers after the change. Venue should still show one, two. Materials should now show one, two. These four visible numbers are the answer check; do not rely on a menu closing as proof that the list restarted.
Checkpoint: Both sections read 1, 2.
5. When continuing is right
If Materials is simply the next part of one long checklist, choose Continue previous numbering instead. That would make its items three and four. Use the numbering intent, not the heading break alone, to decide between the two commands.
The practice document has two Venue items, so continuing would start Materials at 3. In a different document with three earlier items, continuing would start at 4.
Checkpoint: Restart and continue serve different purposes.
Verify the result
The first section is numbered 1, 2. After Restart numbering at 1, the second section is also 1, 2. Continue previous numbering is only for a deliberately continuous sequence, which would show 3, 4 in this example.
If it still does not work
If the option is missing, click the number itself in the second list and confirm the paragraphs use a real numbered list. Typing 1. as plain text does not establish an editable list. Recheck the first section before saving.
Official sources
Any video panel without a marked actual-app capture is an illustrative diagram of the fictional exercise.
Practice downloads.
The exercise files contain invented information. Save a local copy before editing.