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Indenting in Word...
I'm trying to create an outline type format on my document by indenting
points below my headings. However, each time I select the text to indent, several lines of text below my selection also indent. The same thing happens when I place my cursor in front of my text and try to indent using the ruler. How can I indent only the text I select? Thanks. silas |
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm.
Note also that for numbered outlines you should follow the instructions at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. For unnumbered paragraphs between the numbered ones you could use the List Continue series of styles in Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to create an outline type format on my document by indenting points below my headings. However, each time I select the text to indent, several lines of text below my selection also indent. The same thing happens when I place my cursor in front of my text and try to indent using the ruler. How can I indent only the text I select? Thanks. silas |
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I followed the instructions at the link:
1.. Go to Format | Style and select the style that is misbehaving (it will already be selected if the insertion point is in a paragraph in that style). 2.. Press the Modify button. The display will be similar to the Modify Style dialog above. 3.. In the Modify Style dialog, clear the check box for “Automatically update.” 4.. Check the box for “Add to template.” ....but it's not helping- when I indent my highlighted text, the next, unhighlighted line continues to indent. Ctrl-Z, unindents everything. silas "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. Note also that for numbered outlines you should follow the instructions at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. For unnumbered paragraphs between the numbered ones you could use the List Continue series of styles in Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to create an outline type format on my document by indenting points below my headings. However, each time I select the text to indent, several lines of text below my selection also indent. The same thing happens when I place my cursor in front of my text and try to indent using the ruler. How can I indent only the text I select? Thanks. silas |
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The points below your headings, are these bulleted or numbered
paragraphs? If so, indenting one of them would indent all items belonging to the same list. Again, setting this up as an outline-numbered list (which can include bullets as well as numbers) is the way to go. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message news I followed the instructions at the link: 1.. Go to Format | Style and select the style that is misbehaving (it will already be selected if the insertion point is in a paragraph in that style). 2.. Press the Modify button. The display will be similar to the Modify Style dialog above. 3.. In the Modify Style dialog, clear the check box for “Automatically update.” 4.. Check the box for “Add to template.” ...but it's not helping- when I indent my highlighted text, the next, unhighlighted line continues to indent. Ctrl-Z, unindents everything. silas "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. Note also that for numbered outlines you should follow the instructions at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. For unnumbered paragraphs between the numbered ones you could use the List Continue series of styles in Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to create an outline type format on my document by indenting points below my headings. However, each time I select the text to indent, several lines of text below my selection also indent. The same thing happens when I place my cursor in front of my text and try to indent using the ruler. How can I indent only the text I select? Thanks. silas |
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Sorry, I failed to mention that there are no bulleted or numbered
paragraphs. The text is in normal paragraph format. silas "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... The points below your headings, are these bulleted or numbered paragraphs? If so, indenting one of them would indent all items belonging to the same list. Again, setting this up as an outline-numbered list (which can include bullets as well as numbers) is the way to go. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message news I followed the instructions at the link: 1.. Go to Format | Style and select the style that is misbehaving (it will already be selected if the insertion point is in a paragraph in that style). 2.. Press the Modify button. The display will be similar to the Modify Style dialog above. 3.. In the Modify Style dialog, clear the check box for “Automatically update.” 4.. Check the box for “Add to template.” ...but it's not helping- when I indent my highlighted text, the next, unhighlighted line continues to indent. Ctrl-Z, unindents everything. silas "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. Note also that for numbered outlines you should follow the instructions at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. For unnumbered paragraphs between the numbered ones you could use the List Continue series of styles in Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to create an outline type format on my document by indenting points below my headings. However, each time I select the text to indent, several lines of text below my selection also indent. The same thing happens when I place my cursor in front of my text and try to indent using the ruler. How can I indent only the text I select? Thanks. silas |
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Indenting in Word...
How are you creating new lines of text? Are you pressing Enter or
Shift+Enter? Note that only Enter creates a new paragraph in Word. Shift+Enter just inserts a line break, and the lines within a paragraph will have the same paragraph style. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message ... Sorry, I failed to mention that there are no bulleted or numbered paragraphs. The text is in normal paragraph format. silas "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... The points below your headings, are these bulleted or numbered paragraphs? If so, indenting one of them would indent all items belonging to the same list. Again, setting this up as an outline-numbered list (which can include bullets as well as numbers) is the way to go. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message news I followed the instructions at the link: 1.. Go to Format | Style and select the style that is misbehaving (it will already be selected if the insertion point is in a paragraph in that style). 2.. Press the Modify button. The display will be similar to the Modify Style dialog above. 3.. In the Modify Style dialog, clear the check box for “Automatically update.” 4.. Check the box for “Add to template.” ...but it's not helping- when I indent my highlighted text, the next, unhighlighted line continues to indent. Ctrl-Z, unindents everything. silas "Stefan Blom" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm. Note also that for numbered outlines you should follow the instructions at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. For unnumbered paragraphs between the numbered ones you could use the List Continue series of styles in Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "silas" wrote in message . .. I'm trying to create an outline type format on my document by indenting points below my headings. However, each time I select the text to indent, several lines of text below my selection also indent. The same thing happens when I place my cursor in front of my text and try to indent using the ruler. How can I indent only the text I select? Thanks. silas |
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