[Mike[_6_]]

after selecting a multi-level list style, the first level is created on my
document. After typing in some text and then hitting enter, the next level
does not appear, like it would in any numbered or bulleted list. What I get
is just normal text. No numbers, letters or any component of the list tree.
No matter what I do, I can't get the list format to go beyond its first line.

[Stefan Blom]

Perhaps you chose a list format including "Heading 1," "Heading 2," etc.? If
so, the numbering is tied to those styles. To (re)apply it, apply the
appropriate style. Alternatively, you should be able to use
Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow to promote and demote numbering/heading levels.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike" Mike @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
after selecting a multi-level list style, the first level is created on my
document. After typing in some text and then hitting enter, the next
level
does not appear, like it would in any numbered or bulleted list. What I
get
is just normal text. No numbers, letters or any component of the list
tree.
No matter what I do, I can't get the list format to go beyond its first
line.

[Stefan Blom]

Correction: The keyboard shortcuts are Alt+Shift+Left (Right) arrow.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Perhaps you chose a list format including "Heading 1," "Heading 2," etc.?
If
so, the numbering is tied to those styles. To (re)apply it, apply the
appropriate style. Alternatively, you should be able to use
Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow to promote and demote numbering/heading
levels.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Mike" Mike @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
...
after selecting a multi-level list style, the first level is created on
my
document. After typing in some text and then hitting enter, the next
level
does not appear, like it would in any numbered or bulleted list. What I
get
is just normal text. No numbers, letters or any component of the list
tree.
No matter what I do, I can't get the list format to go beyond its first
line.

[Keith L]

I tried it from the Multilevel List Practice Page on the web. Pressing enter
changes to the next line and does not stay in the list. Help.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Perhaps you chose a list format including "Heading 1," "Heading 2," etc.? If
so, the numbering is tied to those styles. To (re)apply it, apply the
appropriate style. Alternatively, you should be able to use
Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow to promote and demote numbering/heading levels.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

[Stefan Blom]

What is the "Multilevel List Practice Page"?

If numbering was linked to paragraph styles, the "Style for following
paragraph" setting will affect numbering, as you type in numbered
paragraphs. Just apply the appropriate style when you need a certain
numbering level. Alternatively, change the "Style for following paragraph"
as desired.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Keith L" wrote in message
...
I tried it from the Multilevel List Practice Page on the web. Pressing
enter
changes to the next line and does not stay in the list. Help.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

Perhaps you chose a list format including "Heading 1," "Heading 2," etc.?
If
so, the numbering is tied to those styles. To (re)apply it, apply the
appropriate style. Alternatively, you should be able to use
Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right arrow to promote and demote numbering/heading
levels.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

[Keith L[_2_]]

Office 2007 has an Online training session. When you do the training session
for lists, it has a session for multilevel lists. It downloads a file to
your computer to practice creating a Multilevel list using the planets as a
sample. I t does not work as expected.

When the level uses header styles, pressing enter after a line drops down a
line and selects the normal style.

Another user had the same problem. It is related to the Multilevel list
using Headers as a level. The default action after a header when pressing
enter is to go to the next line and change to the normal style. This kicks
you out of a multilevel list.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

What is the "Multilevel List Practice Page"?

[Stefan Blom]

Just reapply the appropriate heading style. Or change the "Style for
following paragraph" in the style definition.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Keith L" wrote in message
...
Office 2007 has an Online training session. When you do the training
session
for lists, it has a session for multilevel lists. It downloads a file to
your computer to practice creating a Multilevel list using the planets as
a
sample. I t does not work as expected.

When the level uses header styles, pressing enter after a line drops down
a
line and selects the normal style.

Another user had the same problem. It is related to the Multilevel list
using Headers as a level. The default action after a header when pressing
enter is to go to the next line and change to the normal style. This
kicks
you out of a multilevel list.

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

What is the "Multilevel List Practice Page"?

[gr8auntieokie]

Keith, all you have to do to make your Headings styles chain from one to the
other (instead of reverting to Normal style on the next line) is to modify
the style so that the "style for following paragraph" for Heading 1 is
Heading 1 instead of Normal. Heading 2 should follow Heading 2, and so on.

Caution, however: if you press Enter at the end of a number-styled line of
text and then press Enter again before typing anything, your paragraph number
"goes away; the next paragraph may still be styled as whatever number style
you're using, but the numbers themselves can disappear. If that happens,
just click on the style in the Style window and when the Modify style window
opens, click on the box next to "Reapply the formatting of the style to the
selection," and your number will come back.

Using the Automatic lists function in Word does allow you to tab or
shift+tab back and forth between the levels of your numbering, but automatic
list numbers are not as stable as when you apply styles to each level of your
numbered outline. And the only thing you surrender by using auto-numbered
styles instead of the automatic lists function is that when you want to
change to another level in your outline, you must click on the paragraph,
then click on the appropriate style in your outline. But it's a small price
to pay for an outline that's stable, no matter how long your document is.
And with the Quick Styles sets sitting right on the Ribbon (under the Home
tab), it's plenty convenient to move from one numbered style to the next.

Cyndie Browning
Tulsa, OK


"Keith L" wrote:

Office 2007 has an Online training session. When you do the training session
for lists, it has a session for multilevel lists. It downloads a file to
your computer to practice creating a Multilevel list using the planets as a
sample. It does not work as expected.

When the level uses header styles, pressing enter after a line drops down a
line and selects the normal style.

Another user had the same problem. It is related to the Multilevel list
using Headers as a level. The default action after a header when pressing
enter is to go to the next line and change to the normal style. This kicks
you out of a multilevel list.