One of the attributes of any style is its numbering format ands you can
define that as part of the style (there is a pre-defined style called list
number which you can modify). Simply apply this style to your numbered list.
Forget the numbering button on the toolbar.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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Anna Summers wrote:
I think this may be a solution, Graham, but I'm not sure I follow
exactly what you are saying. I do most everything with styles - I
don't "cobble together" something that I want to use again. There is
a way to make a numbering STYLE that Word will REMEMBER in the
future? I guess I just don't know how to do that with a numbered
list. What do I start with? And how do I make it the DEFAULT for
numbering so when I click the numbered list button, I get the style
that I created?
Thanks,
AnnaSummers
"Graham Mayor" wrote:
If you use numbered styles rather than trying to cobble together
some manual formatting to apply numbers the problems you suggest
will go away. With any style, you can apply whatever formatting you
require as part of the style description and in this instance you
need to add spacing before or after in the paragraph format.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Anna Summers wrote:
I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between
each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started
reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a
basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily.
What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering
does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study
programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I
am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word
processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing
like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between
the items instead of running them together?
Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list?
Anna