Choose ToolsAutoCorrect. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab. Check
"Automatic bulleted lists" and "Automatic numbered lists" and click
OK. Note, however, that you would be better off setting up numbering
via styles. See
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Cindy W." wrote in message
...
I seem to have the opposite problem as some of you. I can't seem to
get my
automatic numbering to work. I have to type a numbered list and then
click on
the numbering icon on my toolbar to apply the formatting for the
numbered
list. I used to only need to type: "1. xyz" then hit my return key
and it
would automatically format this first line and format the next line
just like
it. Now, no matter what I have selected, I can't get this to
automatically
format the numbered lists the way it used to. Word is ignoring my
customizations and selections in many cases besides this. I have
just
recently had MS Office 2003 Professional loaded on my computer from
our IT
folks.