diff --git a/examples/05-interoperability/05-converting-blocks-to-pdf/App.tsx b/examples/05-interoperability/05-converting-blocks-to-pdf/App.tsx
index 269cc81c9..e886ae9c2 100644
--- a/examples/05-interoperability/05-converting-blocks-to-pdf/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/05-interoperability/05-converting-blocks-to-pdf/App.tsx
@@ -170,7 +170,24 @@ export default function App() {
       },
       {
         type: "numberedListItem",
-        content: "Numbered List Item",
+        content: "Numbered List Item starting at 10",
+        props: {
+          start: 10,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        type: "numberedListItem",
+        content: "Numbered List Item continuing from 10",
+        children: [
+          {
+            type: "numberedListItem",
+            content: "Numbered List Item Nested 1",
+          },
+          {
+            type: "numberedListItem",
+            content: "Numbered List Item Nested 2",
+          },
+        ],
       },
       {
         type: "checkListItem",
diff --git a/examples/05-interoperability/06-converting-blocks-to-docx/App.tsx b/examples/05-interoperability/06-converting-blocks-to-docx/App.tsx
index 94bb8d8c9..3fc6a46cb 100644
--- a/examples/05-interoperability/06-converting-blocks-to-docx/App.tsx
+++ b/examples/05-interoperability/06-converting-blocks-to-docx/App.tsx
@@ -166,7 +166,24 @@ export default function App() {
       },
       {
         type: "numberedListItem",
-        content: "Numbered List Item",
+        content: "Numbered List Item starting at 10",
+        props: {
+          start: 10,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        type: "numberedListItem",
+        content: "Numbered List Item continuing from 10",
+        children: [
+          {
+            type: "numberedListItem",
+            content: "Numbered List Item Nested 1",
+          },
+          {
+            type: "numberedListItem",
+            content: "Numbered List Item Nested 2",
+          },
+        ],
       },
       {
         type: "checkListItem",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/exporter/Exporter.ts b/packages/core/src/exporter/Exporter.ts
index b2a863093..3c4ff3f12 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/exporter/Exporter.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/exporter/Exporter.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ export abstract class Exporter<
   RS,
   TS
 > {
+  public numberingSectionStarts: Set<number> = new Set();
+
   public constructor(
     _schema: BlockNoteSchema<B, I, S>, // only used for type inference
     protected readonly mappings: {
@@ -86,16 +88,24 @@ export abstract class Exporter<
 
   public abstract transformStyledText(styledText: StyledText<S>): TS;
 
+  public addNumberingSectionStart(number: number) {
+    this.numberingSectionStarts.add(number);
+  }
+
   public async mapBlock(
     block: BlockFromConfig<B[keyof B], I, S>,
     nestingLevel: number,
-    numberedListIndex: number
+    numberedListIndex?: number,
+    numberedListStart?: number,
+    numberedListIntance?: number
   ) {
     return this.mappings.blockMapping[block.type](
       block,
       this,
       nestingLevel,
-      numberedListIndex
+      numberedListIndex,
+      numberedListStart,
+      numberedListIntance
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/exporter/mapping.ts b/packages/core/src/exporter/mapping.ts
index 3144dbb24..20c753a2a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/exporter/mapping.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/exporter/mapping.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export type BlockMapping<
     // this is why there are many `any` types here (same for types below)
     exporter: Exporter<any, any, any, RB, RI, any, any>,
     nestingLevel: number,
-    numberedListIndex?: number
+    numberedListIndex?: number,
+    numberedListStart?: number,
+    numberedListIntance?: number
   ) => RB | Promise<RB>;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/__snapshots__/basic/document.xml b/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/__snapshots__/basic/document.xml
index ccd1ff214..26d9d04d9 100644
--- a/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/__snapshots__/basic/document.xml
+++ b/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/__snapshots__/basic/document.xml
@@ -241,11 +241,47 @@
                 <w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
                 <w:numPr>
                     <w:ilvl w:val="0"/>
+                    <w:numId w:val="4"/>
+                </w:numPr>
+            </w:pPr>
+            <w:r>
+                <w:t xml:space="preserve">Numbered List Item starting at 10</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+        </w:p>
+        <w:p>
+            <w:pPr>
+                <w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
+                <w:numPr>
+                    <w:ilvl w:val="0"/>
+                    <w:numId w:val="4"/>
+                </w:numPr>
+            </w:pPr>
+            <w:r>
+                <w:t xml:space="preserve">Numbered List Item continuing from 10</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+        </w:p>
+        <w:p>
+            <w:pPr>
+                <w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
+                <w:numPr>
+                    <w:ilvl w:val="1"/>
+                    <w:numId w:val="3"/>
+                </w:numPr>
+            </w:pPr>
+            <w:r>
+                <w:t xml:space="preserve">Numbered List Item Nested 1</w:t>
+            </w:r>
+        </w:p>
+        <w:p>
+            <w:pPr>
+                <w:pStyle w:val="ListParagraph"/>
+                <w:numPr>
+                    <w:ilvl w:val="1"/>
                     <w:numId w:val="3"/>
                 </w:numPr>
             </w:pPr>
             <w:r>
-                <w:t xml:space="preserve">Numbered List Item</w:t>
+                <w:t xml:space="preserve">Numbered List Item Nested 2</w:t>
             </w:r>
         </w:p>
         <w:p>
diff --git a/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/defaultSchema/blocks.ts b/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/defaultSchema/blocks.ts
index 1b457f3c3..a73070dbd 100644
--- a/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/defaultSchema/blocks.ts
+++ b/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/defaultSchema/blocks.ts
@@ -77,13 +77,23 @@ export const docxBlockMappingForDefaultSchema: BlockMapping<
       },
     });
   },
-  numberedListItem: (block, exporter, nestingLevel) => {
+  numberedListItem: (
+    block,
+    exporter,
+    nestingLevel,
+    _numberedListIndex,
+    numberedListStart,
+    numberedListInstance
+  ) => {
+    exporter.addNumberingSectionStart(numberedListStart!);
+
     return new Paragraph({
       ...blockPropsToStyles(block.props, exporter.options.colors),
       children: exporter.transformInlineContent(block.content),
       numbering: {
-        reference: "blocknote-numbered-list",
+        reference: `blocknote-numbered-list-${numberedListStart}`,
         level: nestingLevel,
+        instance: numberedListInstance,
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.ts b/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.ts
index 7b0c8cc08..1336a54ac 100644
--- a/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.ts
+++ b/packages/xl-docx-exporter/src/docx/docxExporter.ts
@@ -111,8 +111,25 @@ export class DOCXExporter<
     nestingLevel = 0
   ): Promise<Array<Paragraph | Table>> {
     const ret: Array<Paragraph | Table> = [];
+    let currentNumberingStart = 1;
+    let numberingInstanceCount = 0;
+    let isFirstNumberedListItem = false;
 
     for (const b of blocks) {
+      if (b.type === "numberedListItem") {
+        if (!isFirstNumberedListItem) {
+          currentNumberingStart = 1;
+          numberingInstanceCount += 1;
+          isFirstNumberedListItem = true;
+        }
+        if (b.props.start !== undefined) {
+          currentNumberingStart = b.props.start as number;
+          numberingInstanceCount += 1;
+        }
+      } else {
+        isFirstNumberedListItem = false;
+      }
+
       let children = await this.transformBlocks(b.children, nestingLevel + 1);
       children = children.map((c, _i) => {
         // NOTE: nested tables not supported (we can't insert the new Tab before a table)
@@ -128,7 +145,13 @@ export class DOCXExporter<
         }
         return c;
       });
-      const self = await this.mapBlock(b as any, nestingLevel, 0 /*unused*/); // TODO: any
+      const self = await this.mapBlock(
+        b as any,
+        nestingLevel,
+        0 /* unused */,
+        currentNumberingStart,
+        numberingInstanceCount
+      ); // TODO: any
       if (Array.isArray(self)) {
         ret.push(...self, ...children);
       } else {
@@ -178,27 +201,29 @@ export class DOCXExporter<
       .default;
 
     const bullets = ["•"]; //, "◦", "▪"]; (these don't look great, just use solid bullet for now)
+    const generateNumberingConfig = (start: number) => ({
+      reference: `blocknote-numbered-list-${start}`,
+      levels: Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, i) => ({
+        start,
+        level: i,
+        format: LevelFormat.DECIMAL,
+        text: `%${i + 1}.`,
+        alignment: AlignmentType.LEFT,
+        style: {
+          paragraph: {
+            indent: {
+              left: DEFAULT_TAB_STOP * (i + 1),
+              hanging: DEFAULT_TAB_STOP,
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      })),
+    });
+
     return {
       numbering: {
         config: [
-          {
-            reference: "blocknote-numbered-list",
-            levels: Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, i) => ({
-              start: 1,
-              level: i,
-              format: LevelFormat.DECIMAL,
-              text: `%${i + 1}.`,
-              alignment: AlignmentType.LEFT,
-              style: {
-                paragraph: {
-                  indent: {
-                    left: DEFAULT_TAB_STOP * (i + 1),
-                    hanging: DEFAULT_TAB_STOP,
-                  },
-                },
-              },
-            })),
-          },
+          ...[...this.numberingSectionStarts].map(generateNumberingConfig),
           {
             reference: "blocknote-bullet-list",
             levels: Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, i) => ({
@@ -264,12 +289,13 @@ export class DOCXExporter<
       documentOptions: {},
     }
   ) {
+    const transformedBlocks = await this.transformBlocks(blocks);
     const doc = new Document({
       ...(await this.createDefaultDocumentOptions()),
       ...options.documentOptions,
       sections: [
         {
-          children: await this.transformBlocks(blocks),
+          children: transformedBlocks,
           ...options.sectionOptions,
         },
       ],
diff --git a/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/example.jsx b/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/example.jsx
index 74a79c182..2f93548f5 100644
--- a/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/example.jsx
+++ b/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/example.jsx
@@ -379,16 +379,79 @@
           textAlign: 'left'
         }}
       >
-        <ListItem listMarker="1.">
+        <ListItem listMarker="10.">
           <TEXT>
             <TEXT style={{}}>
-              Numbered List Item
+              Numbered List Item starting at 10
             </TEXT>
           </TEXT>
         </ListItem>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
     <React.Fragment key=".1:9">
+      <VIEW
+        style={{
+          alignItems: undefined,
+          backgroundColor: undefined,
+          color: undefined,
+          paddingVertical: 2.25,
+          textAlign: 'left'
+        }}
+      >
+        <ListItem listMarker="11.">
+          <TEXT>
+            <TEXT style={{}}>
+              Numbered List Item continuing from 10
+            </TEXT>
+          </TEXT>
+        </ListItem>
+      </VIEW>
+      <VIEW
+        style={{
+          marginLeft: 18
+        }}
+      >
+        <React.Fragment key=".0">
+          <VIEW
+            style={{
+              alignItems: undefined,
+              backgroundColor: undefined,
+              color: undefined,
+              paddingVertical: 2.25,
+              textAlign: 'left'
+            }}
+          >
+            <ListItem listMarker="1.">
+              <TEXT>
+                <TEXT style={{}}>
+                  Numbered List Item Nested 1
+                </TEXT>
+              </TEXT>
+            </ListItem>
+          </VIEW>
+        </React.Fragment>
+        <React.Fragment key=".1">
+          <VIEW
+            style={{
+              alignItems: undefined,
+              backgroundColor: undefined,
+              color: undefined,
+              paddingVertical: 2.25,
+              textAlign: 'left'
+            }}
+          >
+            <ListItem listMarker="2.">
+              <TEXT>
+                <TEXT style={{}}>
+                  Numbered List Item Nested 2
+                </TEXT>
+              </TEXT>
+            </ListItem>
+          </VIEW>
+        </React.Fragment>
+      </VIEW>
+    </React.Fragment>
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:a">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -407,7 +470,7 @@
         </ListItem>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:a">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:b">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -507,7 +570,7 @@
         />
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:b">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:c">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -542,7 +605,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:c">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:d">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -570,7 +633,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:d">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:e">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: 'flex-end',
@@ -590,7 +653,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:e">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:f">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -633,7 +696,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:f">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:g">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -676,7 +739,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:g">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:h">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -689,7 +752,7 @@
         <TEXT />
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:h">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:i">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -732,7 +795,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:i">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:j">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -753,7 +816,7 @@
         </TEXT>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:j">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:k">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -785,7 +848,7 @@
         </TEXT>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:k">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:l">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -887,7 +950,7 @@
         />
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:l">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:m">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/exampleWithHeaderAndFooter.jsx b/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/exampleWithHeaderAndFooter.jsx
index 3c6a68a2f..c0e86e1a5 100644
--- a/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/exampleWithHeaderAndFooter.jsx
+++ b/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/__snapshots__/exampleWithHeaderAndFooter.jsx
@@ -387,16 +387,79 @@
           textAlign: 'left'
         }}
       >
-        <ListItem listMarker="1.">
+        <ListItem listMarker="10.">
           <TEXT>
             <TEXT style={{}}>
-              Numbered List Item
+              Numbered List Item starting at 10
             </TEXT>
           </TEXT>
         </ListItem>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
     <React.Fragment key=".1:9">
+      <VIEW
+        style={{
+          alignItems: undefined,
+          backgroundColor: undefined,
+          color: undefined,
+          paddingVertical: 2.25,
+          textAlign: 'left'
+        }}
+      >
+        <ListItem listMarker="11.">
+          <TEXT>
+            <TEXT style={{}}>
+              Numbered List Item continuing from 10
+            </TEXT>
+          </TEXT>
+        </ListItem>
+      </VIEW>
+      <VIEW
+        style={{
+          marginLeft: 18
+        }}
+      >
+        <React.Fragment key=".0">
+          <VIEW
+            style={{
+              alignItems: undefined,
+              backgroundColor: undefined,
+              color: undefined,
+              paddingVertical: 2.25,
+              textAlign: 'left'
+            }}
+          >
+            <ListItem listMarker="1.">
+              <TEXT>
+                <TEXT style={{}}>
+                  Numbered List Item Nested 1
+                </TEXT>
+              </TEXT>
+            </ListItem>
+          </VIEW>
+        </React.Fragment>
+        <React.Fragment key=".1">
+          <VIEW
+            style={{
+              alignItems: undefined,
+              backgroundColor: undefined,
+              color: undefined,
+              paddingVertical: 2.25,
+              textAlign: 'left'
+            }}
+          >
+            <ListItem listMarker="2.">
+              <TEXT>
+                <TEXT style={{}}>
+                  Numbered List Item Nested 2
+                </TEXT>
+              </TEXT>
+            </ListItem>
+          </VIEW>
+        </React.Fragment>
+      </VIEW>
+    </React.Fragment>
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:a">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -415,7 +478,7 @@
         </ListItem>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:a">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:b">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -515,7 +578,7 @@
         />
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:b">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:c">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -550,7 +613,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:c">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:d">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -578,7 +641,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:d">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:e">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: 'flex-end',
@@ -598,7 +661,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:e">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:f">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -641,7 +704,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:f">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:g">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -684,7 +747,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:g">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:h">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -697,7 +760,7 @@
         <TEXT />
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:h">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:i">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -740,7 +803,7 @@
         </VIEW>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:i">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:j">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -761,7 +824,7 @@
         </TEXT>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:j">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:k">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -793,7 +856,7 @@
         </TEXT>
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:k">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:l">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
@@ -895,7 +958,7 @@
         />
       </VIEW>
     </React.Fragment>
-    <React.Fragment key=".1:l">
+    <React.Fragment key=".1:m">
       <VIEW
         style={{
           alignItems: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/pdfExporter.tsx b/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/pdfExporter.tsx
index aa4b03d4a..4a105dc89 100644
--- a/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/pdfExporter.tsx
+++ b/packages/xl-pdf-exporter/src/pdf/pdfExporter.tsx
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ export class PDFExporter<
     for (const b of blocks) {
       if (b.type === "numberedListItem") {
         numberedListIndex++;
+        if (b.props.start !== undefined) {
+          numberedListIndex = b.props.start as number;
+        }
       } else {
         numberedListIndex = 0;
       }
diff --git a/shared/testDocument.ts b/shared/testDocument.ts
index ccee20402..cae0a7d3b 100644
--- a/shared/testDocument.ts
+++ b/shared/testDocument.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,24 @@ export const testDocument = partialBlocksToBlocksForTesting(
     },
     {
       type: "numberedListItem",
-      content: "Numbered List Item",
+      content: "Numbered List Item starting at 10",
+      props: {
+        start: 10,
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      type: "numberedListItem",
+      content: "Numbered List Item continuing from 10",
+      children: [
+        {
+          type: "numberedListItem",
+          content: "Numbered List Item Nested 1",
+        },
+        {
+          type: "numberedListItem",
+          content: "Numbered List Item Nested 2",
+        },
+      ],
     },
     {
       type: "checkListItem",