[Willy]

I'm an experienced Word developer but have so far been unable to find a good
solution for bullet styles in Word 2007, even after spending a lot of time
searching and researching.

In Word 2003 I could quickly and easily define a named bullet style, add it
to a template and have it work perfectly all the time. No lost bullets, no
changed indentation settings - just working like you would expect of any
style, bullet or not.

Is it at all possible to define a _named_ bullet style in Word 2007 with
the same reliable functionality as in previous versions?

I have been able to define a bullet style in a template and it looks perfect
at the time of creation. But the next time I use the template the bullet has
disappeared and/or the indentation settings changed.

I know I can manipulate list styles and multilevel lists and have actually
used "Define new bullet..." to define a new and named bullet style.

However, this type of style doesn't show up in the style list and though I'm
able to select it from the multilevel list ribbon button, its style name
isn't shown in the document either. It just shows the underlying style name,
for example Normal. Therefore there is no way for the user to double check if
the correct style has been applied.

This isn't just nice to have in everyday Word use but in my application
(producing magazine articles) it is important that every piece of text has a
clearly named style since the document's next stop is InDesign where Word
styles will be mapped to InDesign styles.

Surely this must be possible?

Willy