I keep trying to avoid getting dragged into discussions of numbering in Word
2007 because I have not really mastered the way it works there (I am a whiz
in Word 2003). I believe, however, that you need to use Define New
Multilevel List, which gets you to a dialog similar to the Customize Outline
Numbered List dialog in earlier versions. Here you can set the indents and
(very important) link the list levels to specific styles by clicking More to
expose the entire dialog.
I often see recommendations to use Define New List Style instead. This is
even more involved, and I'm far from clear on the benefits of it (as opposed
to a multilevel lists linked to paragraph styles), but the main thing is
that when you click Format | Numbering in that dialog, you get to the Modify
Multilevel List dialog, which is identical to the Define New Multilevel List
dialog. It may be that you can apply a list style to, say Body Text, and
then promote/demote levels in the list without actually changing the
paragraph style (it continues to all be Body Text with different list levels
applied), but I'm just more comfortable with specific numbering formats
linked to different paragraph styles.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Carol" wrote in message
...
Suzanne, I started over by highlighting and setting the numbered list to
"None". Then I highlighted the entire list and applied the first type in
the
multilevel lest. But I don't see a place to specify a hanging indent in
the
multilevel options.
Also, the numbered list seems to automatically revert back to single level
as that is the option is highlighted in orange on the ribbon, even though
I
changed the list to multilevel...
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
That's correct. If you drag Hanging Indent, Left Indent goes with it. If
you
drag Left Indent, then both Hanging Indent and First Line Indent markers
go
with it. For numbered lists, you need to set left and hanging indents in
the
multilevel list dialog instead of in the Paragraph dialog.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"Carol" wrote in message
...
I created a numbered list in Word 2007. I want to create a hanging
indent.
The "hanging indent" triangle on the ruler does not move independently
of
the
"left indent" square.
I also tried using the Paragraph popup to create the hanging indent.
It
looks correct in the Preview area at the bottom of the popup, but when
I
click "OK" it does not change the way the actual list displays (number
indented 0.25", then first and subsequent lines aligned and indented
another
0.25"):
1. First line is indented like this and the
Second line is indented the same amount.
When I change the hanging indent amount, it moves both the first and
subsequent lines to the right by the same amount.
Thanks.