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Styles and Bullets
Hello Everyone,
I've set up a style on a template which creates a shaded, numbered box that expands with the more I type or paste into it. It works great until I try to paste bulleted text into it eg: "The applicant must demonstrate how the proposal will ensure the long term survival of substantial areas of existing mature vegetation within Stage 23, 24A, 24B and 25. There are a number of good practice examples to consider, including the following •Certification by the Arborist stating that all engineering plans have been sited and taken into consideration in the Arborist assessment. •Certification by the Principal Engineer stating that all Arborist plans have been sited and taken into consideration in the engineering design." This really messes up the formatting of the box; it either pastes outside the box or cometimes creates a new, different shaped box altogether. Is there any way to bullet text inside this box? Sorry the explanation was a bit wonky but this is driving me abso-fricking-lutely insane |
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Is this inside a Text Box, a Form Field box or a single cell table (which is
probably the best way to do what you are describing)? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "tramboy" wrote in message ... Hello Everyone, I've set up a style on a template which creates a shaded, numbered box that expands with the more I type or paste into it. It works great until I try to paste bulleted text into it eg: "The applicant must demonstrate how the proposal will ensure the long term survival of substantial areas of existing mature vegetation within Stage 23, 24A, 24B and 25. There are a number of good practice examples to consider, including the following •Certification by the Arborist stating that all engineering plans have been sited and taken into consideration in the Arborist assessment. •Certification by the Principal Engineer stating that all Arborist plans have been sited and taken into consideration in the engineering design." This really messes up the formatting of the box; it either pastes outside the box or cometimes creates a new, different shaped box altogether. Is there any way to bullet text inside this box? Sorry the explanation was a bit wonky but this is driving me abso-fricking-lutely insane -- tramboy |
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It's none of those things. (I think)
This is my formatting: here is the 'box' befo and here it is after I try to insert bullets: Quote:
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If you can allow the bullets to start on the margin (I mean if you can or
want to move the indent of the bullet paragraphs back to the page margin) and if the bullet's paragraph style is the same as the base paragraph's, you can get the single shaded box that you want. Otherwise, you should consider using a table or a text box. PamC tramboy wrote: It's none of those things. (I think) This is my formatting: [image: http://i26.tinypic.com/30bfno4.png] Terry Farrell;424226 Wrote: Is this inside a Text Box, a Form Field box or a single cell table (which is [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] Sorry the explanation was a bit wonky but this is driving me abso-fricking-lutely insane -- Message posted via http://www.officekb.com |
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I see. What you have done is used manual (direct) formatting to apply a
border and shading. This is a simple and fine way to do that except when you change the paragraph formatting to use different indents. Simply by applying the bullet style to one of the paragraphs, you have changed style but taken on the direct (manual) border and shading attributes. So the bulleted paragraph now has its own shading and border. I suggest that you use a single cell table set with the required border and shading format. This will expand as you type and correctly cross page ends with borders as required. You could use Text Boxes but I don't think they are appropriate for this task. Terry "tramboy" wrote in message ... It's none of those things. (I think) This is my formatting: [image: http://i26.tinypic.com/30bfno4.png] here is the 'box' befo [image: http://i27.tinypic.com/opbblk.jpg] and here it is after I try to insert bullets: [image: http://i31.tinypic.com/j6phu0.png] Terry Farrell;424226 Wrote: Is this inside a Text Box, a Form Field box or a single cell table (which is probably the best way to do what you are describing)? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "tramboy" wrote in message ...- Hello Everyone, I've set up a style on a template which creates a shaded, numbered box that expands with the more I type or paste into it. It works great until I try to paste bulleted text into it eg: "The applicant must demonstrate how the proposal will ensure the long term survival of substantial areas of existing mature vegetation within Stage 23, 24A, 24B and 25. There are a number of good practice examples to consider, including the following •Certification by the Arborist stating that all engineering plans have been sited and taken into consideration in the Arborist assessment. •Certification by the Principal Engineer stating that all Arborist plans have been sited and taken into consideration in the engineering design." This really messes up the formatting of the box; it either pastes outside the box or cometimes creates a new, different shaped box altogether. Is there any way to bullet text inside this box? Sorry the explanation was a bit wonky but this is driving me abso-fricking-lutely insane -- tramboy - -- tramboy |
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