diff --git a/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.h b/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.h
--- a/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.h
+++ b/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@
     void setTextStyle(const KoGenStyle& textStyle);
 
     void setStartOverride(const bool startOverride);
+    
+    void setDisplayLevels(const QString& displayLevels);
 
     QString startValue() const;
 
@@ -132,6 +134,8 @@
     KoGenStyle textStyle() const;
 
     bool startOverride() const;
+    
+    QString displayLevels() const;
 
     void addInheritedValues(const ParagraphBulletProperties& properties);
 
@@ -156,6 +160,7 @@
     QString m_followingChar;
     QString m_bulletRelativeSize;
     QString m_bulletSize;
+    QString m_displayLevels;
 
     KoGenStyle m_textStyle;
 
diff --git a/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp b/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp
--- a/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp
+++ b/filters/libmsooxml/MsooXmlUtils.cpp
@@ -1201,6 +1201,7 @@
     m_bulletColor = UNUSED;
     m_followingChar = UNUSED;
     m_bulletRelativeSize = UNUSED;
+    m_displayLevels = UNUSED
     m_bulletSize = UNUSED;
     m_startOverride = false;
 }
@@ -1224,6 +1225,11 @@
     m_type = ParagraphBulletProperties::BulletType;
 }
 
+void Utils::ParagraphBulletProperties::setDisplayLevels(const QString& displayLevels)
+{
+    m_displayLevels = displayLevels;
+}
+
 void Utils::ParagraphBulletProperties::setStartValue(const QString& value)
 {
     m_startValue = value;
@@ -1327,6 +1333,11 @@
     return m_startValue;
 }
 
+QString Utils::ParagraphBulletProperties::displayLevels() const
+{
+    return m_displayLevels;
+}
+
 QString Utils::ParagraphBulletProperties::bulletColor() const
 {
     return m_bulletColor;
@@ -1453,6 +1464,9 @@
         if (m_suffix != UNUSED) {
             out.addAttribute("style:num-suffix", m_suffix);
         }
+        if (m_displayLevels != UNUSED) {
+            out.addAttribute("text:display-levels", m_displayLevels);
+        }
         out.addAttribute("text:start-value", m_startValue);
     }
     else if (m_type == ParagraphBulletProperties::PictureType) {
diff --git a/filters/words/docx/import/DocxXmlNumberingReader.cpp b/filters/words/docx/import/DocxXmlNumberingReader.cpp
--- a/filters/words/docx/import/DocxXmlNumberingReader.cpp
+++ b/filters/words/docx/import/DocxXmlNumberingReader.cpp
@@ -433,12 +433,15 @@
     TRY_READ_ATTR(val)
     if (!val.isEmpty()) {
         if (!m_bulletStyle) {
-            if (val.at(0) == '%' && val.length() == 2) {
+            m_currentBulletProperties.setPrefix(val.left(qMax(0, val.indexOf('%'))));
+            QString searchSuffix = QString("%%1").arg(m_currentBulletProperties.m_level);
+
+            if (val.lastIndexOf(searchSuffix) >= 0)
+                m_currentBulletProperties.setSuffix(val.mid(val.lastIndexOf(searchSuffix) + searchSuffix.length()));
+            else
                 m_currentBulletProperties.setSuffix("");
-            }
-            else {
-                m_currentBulletProperties.setSuffix(val.right(1));
-            }
+
+            m_currentBulletProperties.setDisplayLevels(QString::number(val.count('%')));
         }
         else {
             m_bulletCharacter = val;
diff --git a/libs/textlayout/ListItemsHelper.cpp b/libs/textlayout/ListItemsHelper.cpp
--- a/libs/textlayout/ListItemsHelper.cpp
+++ b/libs/textlayout/ListItemsHelper.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
             KoOdfNumberDefinition numberFormat;
             numberFormat.setFormatSpecification(static_cast<KoOdfNumberDefinition::FormatSpecification>(format.intProperty(KoListStyle::NumberFormat)));
             numberFormat.setLetterSynchronization(format.boolProperty(KoListStyle::LetterSynchronization));
-            item = numberFormat.formattedNumber(index) + "." + item; // add missing counters.
+            item = numberFormat.formattedNumber(1) + "." + item; // add missing counters.
         }
     }
     bool calcWidth = true;