Hi Octavee,

You probably use three styles to control the spacing?

There's an option to suppress the "space before/after" between paragraphs in
the same style (Modify style Format Paragraph).
Unfortunately, it's an all-or-nothing proposition.

So what I sometimes do is *not* check that option, but use a white border of
6 pt (the maximum allowed value) at the top and bottom in the list style.
Plus 3 pt both "space before" and "space after".

Word will suppress the border between paragraphs of the same style.

So that gives you 3 pt space between list paragraphs (since Word, by
default, uses the maximum of "space before" and "space after"), and 9 pt (6
pt border + 3 pt space) both before and after the list. Which looks pretty
cool g.

It's not a perfect solution though: Word will reserve the 6 pt space for the
border even at the top and bottom of pages. But I can live with that.

Greetings,
Klaus




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
You can't have the same level of the same list linked to multiple styles.

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"Octavee Uhl" octavee (no spam) @ gmx.net wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a weird problem with my word xp document.

I have 3 Numbering Styles:

one is called "NumberFirst"
one is called "NumberMiddle"
one is called "NumberLast"

I usually use it this way:
The first paragraph where I use a number uses the style "NumberFirst"
The following paragraphes until the last use "NumberMiddle"
The last paragraph of that list uses "NumberLast"

It looks like this:
this is the normal text

1. test test tes ["NumberFirst" style]
2. test test test ["NumberMiddle" style]
3. test test test ["NumberMiddle" style]
4. test test tes ["NumberMiddle" style]
5. test test test ["NumberLast" style]

this is the normal text.

So far so good.

Now comes the problem. A little later in the document I apply the style
again and now the numbering thinks it should start with

2. test test tes ["NumberFirst" style]
5. test test test ["NumberMiddle" style]
6. test test test ["NumberMiddle" style]
7. test test tes ["NumberMiddle" style]
6. test test test ["NumberLast" style]

etc. When I click on the paragraph formating under numbering it does not
make sense.

How can I make this work so that it always starts at 1 and not thinks it
is
following the same style/numbering in a different section.

Thanks so much.

Octavee