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Indenting First Line - AutoFormat Not Working
When I write papers I want the first line of every paragraph indented. It
used to be that after a couple of paragraphs it would pick up on my style and automatically start indenting the first line of my paragraphs when I started a new one. Suddenly it stopped doing this a few months ago and I can't figure out why. No matter how many times I start a new paragraph with an indented line it will not pick up on my style and AutoFormat it. When I go to "AutoFormat as You Type" I have all of the options checked, including "set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces" and "define styles based on your formatting." I cannot figure out what other options I could change to fix this problem. It's driving me crazy! Please help! |
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Indenting First Line - AutoFormat Not Working
Well, this could be "Format beginning of list item like the one before it,"
but I doubt it. I suspect you just need to apply a first-line indent to your paragraphs. When you press Enter at the end of an indented paragraph, you'll get another one just like it. If you intersperse these direct-formatted Normal-style paragraphs with any headings, however, the Normal paragraph you'll get after the heading will revert to the defined, unindented format. A better approach is to use Body Text for your unindented paragraphs and Body Text First Indent (modified to have the size indent you want) for the indented ones. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JanuaryStars" wrote in message ... When I write papers I want the first line of every paragraph indented. It used to be that after a couple of paragraphs it would pick up on my style and automatically start indenting the first line of my paragraphs when I started a new one. Suddenly it stopped doing this a few months ago and I can't figure out why. No matter how many times I start a new paragraph with an indented line it will not pick up on my style and AutoFormat it. When I go to "AutoFormat as You Type" I have all of the options checked, including "set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces" and "define styles based on your formatting." I cannot figure out what other options I could change to fix this problem. It's driving me crazy! Please help! |
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Indenting First Line - AutoFormat Not Working
Most people find that the autoformat as you type options are more irritating
than helpful, but they are stored in the Word Data key in the registry. If you rename that key to olddata with Word closed it will build a new one that may be more responsive to your request. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/...artingWord.htm. It would however make far more sense to simply create a style or styles with the parameters you require. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org JanuaryStars wrote: When I write papers I want the first line of every paragraph indented. It used to be that after a couple of paragraphs it would pick up on my style and automatically start indenting the first line of my paragraphs when I started a new one. Suddenly it stopped doing this a few months ago and I can't figure out why. No matter how many times I start a new paragraph with an indented line it will not pick up on my style and AutoFormat it. When I go to "AutoFormat as You Type" I have all of the options checked, including "set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces" and "define styles based on your formatting." I cannot figure out what other options I could change to fix this problem. It's driving me crazy! Please help! |
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Indenting First Line - AutoFormat Not Working
"When you press Enter at the end of an indented paragraph, you'll get another one just like it." But this is the problem. I press Enter after an indented paragraph but it does not indent the next one. I have no headings, bullets, or anything else on the page, just regular text. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, this could be "Format beginning of list item like the one before it," but I doubt it. I suspect you just need to apply a first-line indent to your paragraphs. When you press Enter at the end of an indented paragraph, you'll get another one just like it. If you intersperse these direct-formatted Normal-style paragraphs with any headings, however, the Normal paragraph you'll get after the heading will revert to the defined, unindented format. A better approach is to use Body Text for your unindented paragraphs and Body Text First Indent (modified to have the size indent you want) for the indented ones. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JanuaryStars" wrote in message ... When I write papers I want the first line of every paragraph indented. It used to be that after a couple of paragraphs it would pick up on my style and automatically start indenting the first line of my paragraphs when I started a new one. Suddenly it stopped doing this a few months ago and I can't figure out why. No matter how many times I start a new paragraph with an indented line it will not pick up on my style and AutoFormat it. When I go to "AutoFormat as You Type" I have all of the options checked, including "set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces" and "define styles based on your formatting." I cannot figure out what other options I could change to fix this problem. It's driving me crazy! Please help! |
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If the paragraph has an actual first-line indent (not a tab character at the
beginning), you should get an indented paragraph. The only exception would be a case where you are using a style that has a different style set as the "Style for following paragraph." For example, Word's built-in heading styles all have Normal as the following style. Or if you're using bullets or numbers and press Enter twice. You have covered both those possibilities below, so I assume neither is the problem. If you'd like to send a sample problem document to my email, I'll take a look. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JanuaryStars" wrote in message ... "When you press Enter at the end of an indented paragraph, you'll get another one just like it." But this is the problem. I press Enter after an indented paragraph but it does not indent the next one. I have no headings, bullets, or anything else on the page, just regular text. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Well, this could be "Format beginning of list item like the one before it," but I doubt it. I suspect you just need to apply a first-line indent to your paragraphs. When you press Enter at the end of an indented paragraph, you'll get another one just like it. If you intersperse these direct-formatted Normal-style paragraphs with any headings, however, the Normal paragraph you'll get after the heading will revert to the defined, unindented format. A better approach is to use Body Text for your unindented paragraphs and Body Text First Indent (modified to have the size indent you want) for the indented ones. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "JanuaryStars" wrote in message ... When I write papers I want the first line of every paragraph indented. It used to be that after a couple of paragraphs it would pick up on my style and automatically start indenting the first line of my paragraphs when I started a new one. Suddenly it stopped doing this a few months ago and I can't figure out why. No matter how many times I start a new paragraph with an indented line it will not pick up on my style and AutoFormat it. When I go to "AutoFormat as You Type" I have all of the options checked, including "set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces" and "define styles based on your formatting." I cannot figure out what other options I could change to fix this problem. It's driving me crazy! Please help! |
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