[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you sure you are modifying the actual List Bullet style?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Robin" wrote in message
...
Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the
list
bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I
saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its
ugly
head!

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph,
I
would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves
unpredictably (especially with indentation).

If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph
style
to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open
dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Robin" wrote in message
...
Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph"
when
I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this
word
doc
and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New
documents
based on this template" ticked.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a
paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting.

For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List
Bullet,
as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type
List
Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click
Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the
desired
bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you
want).
When
you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to
the
Modify Style dialog box).

To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New
documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog
box
before clicking OK.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Robin" wrote in message
...
Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do
this, I
need
to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually
change
the style, right?

"Robin" wrote:

Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word
2007.
I
get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as
prescribed
by
our
marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style
menu's
"new
documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet,
it
reverts
back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step
tips
on
how
to do this.