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Bullet Formatting Problem
Hello,
I use a template for formatting proposal documents and am having a problem with the bullets. Every so often when I copy text into my master document, I lose the bullet formatting. I always copy information in as unformatted text and use the template formatting styles for my document. When I try to format the bullets, I am not able to re-apply the bullet style if I have lost them. Usually I can reattch my template select update styles and that will usually work. Unfortunatey, all of our boilerplate content was recently moved to a data center that does not allow storage of DOC format documents so we had to convert all our files to XML. Now when users download the BP files, there seem to be more occurrences of the "missing bullets". I have read the various threads on setting up bullets and do not believe that the bullets in this template were set up with List Bullet initially. Is there a way to fix these bullets to make them more stable so users are not losing them. Sorry for the long message but wanted to provide enough background. -- Mkate |
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Hi ?B?TWthdGU=?=,
Are the bullets in both sets of documents defined with a style? And is the same style name used in both documents? If not, you may be running into a problem with direct formatting. If you select a copy/pasted paragraph where the bullets have been lost, press Ctrl+Q (to remove direct paragraph formatting), then re-apply the style do you see anything happen? I use a template for formatting proposal documents and am having a problem with the bullets. Every so often when I copy text into my master document, I lose the bullet formatting. I always copy information in as unformatted text and use the template formatting styles for my document. When I try to format the bullets, I am not able to re-apply the bullet style if I have lost them. Usually I can reattch my template select update styles and that will usually work. Unfortunatey, all of our boilerplate content was recently moved to a data center that does not allow storage of DOC format documents so we had to convert all our files to XML. Now when users download the BP files, there seem to be more occurrences of the "missing bullets". I have read the various threads on setting up bullets and do not believe that the bullets in this template were set up with List Bullet initially. Is there a way to fix these bullets to make them more stable so users are not losing them. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hello Cindy,
I highlighted the bulleted lines and did CTRL + Q. I then tried to reapply the style but it did not put the bullet symbol back. What is so hard to understand is that I have this bullet symbol style in a single spaced and double spaced bullet style. The double spaced style retains the bullet while the single spaced style loss it and does not allow me to reapply the style and get the bullet symbol back. -- Mkate "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?TWthdGU=?=, Are the bullets in both sets of documents defined with a style? And is the same style name used in both documents? If not, you may be running into a problem with direct formatting. If you select a copy/pasted paragraph where the bullets have been lost, press Ctrl+Q (to remove direct paragraph formatting), then re-apply the style do you see anything happen? I use a template for formatting proposal documents and am having a problem with the bullets. Every so often when I copy text into my master document, I lose the bullet formatting. I always copy information in as unformatted text and use the template formatting styles for my document. When I try to format the bullets, I am not able to re-apply the bullet style if I have lost them. Usually I can reattch my template select update styles and that will usually work. Unfortunatey, all of our boilerplate content was recently moved to a data center that does not allow storage of DOC format documents so we had to convert all our files to XML. Now when users download the BP files, there seem to be more occurrences of the "missing bullets". I have read the various threads on setting up bullets and do not believe that the bullets in this template were set up with List Bullet initially. Is there a way to fix these bullets to make them more stable so users are not losing them. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Ctrl+Q *does* reapply the style. But I wonder if you and Cindy are using the
word "style" in the same way. If you have single-spaced and double-spaced bullet styles, are these distinct paragraph styles with the bullet defined as part of the style (Format | Style | Modify: Format: Numbering)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mkate" wrote in message ... Hello Cindy, I highlighted the bulleted lines and did CTRL + Q. I then tried to reapply the style but it did not put the bullet symbol back. What is so hard to understand is that I have this bullet symbol style in a single spaced and double spaced bullet style. The double spaced style retains the bullet while the single spaced style loss it and does not allow me to reapply the style and get the bullet symbol back. -- Mkate "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?TWthdGU=?=, Are the bullets in both sets of documents defined with a style? And is the same style name used in both documents? If not, you may be running into a problem with direct formatting. If you select a copy/pasted paragraph where the bullets have been lost, press Ctrl+Q (to remove direct paragraph formatting), then re-apply the style do you see anything happen? I use a template for formatting proposal documents and am having a problem with the bullets. Every so often when I copy text into my master document, I lose the bullet formatting. I always copy information in as unformatted text and use the template formatting styles for my document. When I try to format the bullets, I am not able to re-apply the bullet style if I have lost them. Usually I can reattch my template select update styles and that will usually work. Unfortunatey, all of our boilerplate content was recently moved to a data center that does not allow storage of DOC format documents so we had to convert all our files to XML. Now when users download the BP files, there seem to be more occurrences of the "missing bullets". I have read the various threads on setting up bullets and do not believe that the bullets in this template were set up with List Bullet initially. Is there a way to fix these bullets to make them more stable so users are not losing them. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hello,
Yes, the bullet single and bullet double styles are distinct paragraphs styles with the bullets defined. The only difference between these two styles is the extra spacing after in the double bullet style. Single bullet style has no space after. -- Mkate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ctrl+Q *does* reapply the style. But I wonder if you and Cindy are using the word "style" in the same way. If you have single-spaced and double-spaced bullet styles, are these distinct paragraph styles with the bullet defined as part of the style (Format | Style | Modify: Format: Numbering)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mkate" wrote in message ... Hello Cindy, I highlighted the bulleted lines and did CTRL + Q. I then tried to reapply the style but it did not put the bullet symbol back. What is so hard to understand is that I have this bullet symbol style in a single spaced and double spaced bullet style. The double spaced style retains the bullet while the single spaced style loss it and does not allow me to reapply the style and get the bullet symbol back. -- Mkate "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?TWthdGU=?=, Are the bullets in both sets of documents defined with a style? And is the same style name used in both documents? If not, you may be running into a problem with direct formatting. If you select a copy/pasted paragraph where the bullets have been lost, press Ctrl+Q (to remove direct paragraph formatting), then re-apply the style do you see anything happen? I use a template for formatting proposal documents and am having a problem with the bullets. Every so often when I copy text into my master document, I lose the bullet formatting. I always copy information in as unformatted text and use the template formatting styles for my document. When I try to format the bullets, I am not able to re-apply the bullet style if I have lost them. Usually I can reattch my template select update styles and that will usually work. Unfortunatey, all of our boilerplate content was recently moved to a data center that does not allow storage of DOC format documents so we had to convert all our files to XML. Now when users download the BP files, there seem to be more occurrences of the "missing bullets". I have read the various threads on setting up bullets and do not believe that the bullets in this template were set up with List Bullet initially. Is there a way to fix these bullets to make them more stable so users are not losing them. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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What symbols are you using for bullets? From what font?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mkate" wrote in message ... Hello, Yes, the bullet single and bullet double styles are distinct paragraphs styles with the bullets defined. The only difference between these two styles is the extra spacing after in the double bullet style. Single bullet style has no space after. -- Mkate "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Ctrl+Q *does* reapply the style. But I wonder if you and Cindy are using the word "style" in the same way. If you have single-spaced and double-spaced bullet styles, are these distinct paragraph styles with the bullet defined as part of the style (Format | Style | Modify: Format: Numbering)? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Mkate" wrote in message ... Hello Cindy, I highlighted the bulleted lines and did CTRL + Q. I then tried to reapply the style but it did not put the bullet symbol back. What is so hard to understand is that I have this bullet symbol style in a single spaced and double spaced bullet style. The double spaced style retains the bullet while the single spaced style loss it and does not allow me to reapply the style and get the bullet symbol back. -- Mkate "Cindy M." wrote: Hi ?B?TWthdGU=?=, Are the bullets in both sets of documents defined with a style? And is the same style name used in both documents? If not, you may be running into a problem with direct formatting. If you select a copy/pasted paragraph where the bullets have been lost, press Ctrl+Q (to remove direct paragraph formatting), then re-apply the style do you see anything happen? I use a template for formatting proposal documents and am having a problem with the bullets. Every so often when I copy text into my master document, I lose the bullet formatting. I always copy information in as unformatted text and use the template formatting styles for my document. When I try to format the bullets, I am not able to re-apply the bullet style if I have lost them. Usually I can reattch my template select update styles and that will usually work. Unfortunatey, all of our boilerplate content was recently moved to a data center that does not allow storage of DOC format documents so we had to convert all our files to XML. Now when users download the BP files, there seem to be more occurrences of the "missing bullets". I have read the various threads on setting up bullets and do not believe that the bullets in this template were set up with List Bullet initially. Is there a way to fix these bullets to make them more stable so users are not losing them. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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