Multilevel List Levels in Word

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I’d like to use the automatic multilevel list formatting in Word 2010, however, it seems to be limited to a maximum of nine levels. Is this like the “Who could possibly ever need more than 640MB of RAM” situation? I need to create an outline with sixteen levels but do not see a way to modify or define a list style with that many levels.

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http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread//138541-Headings-larger-than-Heading-9-in-Word-2007

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Thanks for the reference. However, does that mean that the appropriate level codes to simulated a deeper list, e.g., { STYLEREF 9 S }.{ LISTNUM LegalDefault L 2 }, must be manually entered for each line that goes beyond level 9? That would not be very practical in a large document such as mine. I need to convert a very long text-only flat list (legal format, already numbered) into a multilevel list. An expandable one would be nice too but I assume that would mean first converting the flat list line by line into corresponding header 1..16 styles.

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See this archival thread: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/microsoft.public.word.numbering/yVUIvnd5hV0
It includes comments and code for using SEQ fields by John McGhie.

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You can also create an autotext for each number level beyond heading 9. An autotext name like “10heading” will allow you type just the first 4 characters of the name and press Enter to insert a heading 10 paragraph, for example.

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