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Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I
get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Save the bullet formatting to a paragraph style and save that style to the
document template. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need
to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a
paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when
I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I
would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list
bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Are you sure you are modifying the actual List Bullet style?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Hi!
I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for
numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX
extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new
template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything
like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they
usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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If you create a macro that applies the style to the selection, and attach
that macro to a button on the Quick Access Toolbar, it will be a little easier for users. A very simple macro is the following: Sub ApplyMyBulletStyle() On Error Resume Next Selection.Style = wdStyleListBullet End Sub See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Yes, seems to be the best way to do. I'll try it. Thanks!
Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you create a macro that applies the style to the selection, and attach that macro to a button on the Quick Access Toolbar, it will be a little easier for users. A very simple macro is the following: Sub ApplyMyBulletStyle() On Error Resume Next Selection.Style = wdStyleListBullet End Sub See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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You are welcome.
Note that if you want something a little more "advanced," you can use the following macro, which can be used to turn numbering on and off (based on the settings for the first paragraph in the selection): Sub ToggleMyBulletStyle() If Selection.Paragraphs(1).Style.NameLocal = _ ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleListBullet).NameLocal Then Selection.Style = wdStyleNormal Else Selection.Style = wdStyleListBullet End If End Sub The macro turns off numbering by applying the Normal style to text. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Yes, seems to be the best way to do. I'll try it. Thanks! Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: If you create a macro that applies the style to the selection, and attach that macro to a button on the Quick Access Toolbar, it will be a little easier for users. A very simple macro is the following: Sub ApplyMyBulletStyle() On Error Resume Next Selection.Style = wdStyleListBullet End Sub See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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I am having the same problem. I did the following, which is from another
post, and it doesn't work: The principles still apply, but the methods are a bit different. To apply bullet formatting to a paragraph, you can apply the built-in List Bullet style. Use the Apply Styles pane to do that: Press Ctrl+Shift+S. In the "Style name" box, type List Bullet, and then click Apply. You can modify the bulleted style the same way you modify any style, for example, via the Styles task pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S). If you want a multilevel list of bullets, set it up via Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New List Style. For each level, pick a bulleted symbol in the list box (or click New Bullet to specify a custom one). You can still assign each level of the list to a paragraph style via the Modify Multilevel List dialog box (which can be displayed via Format button, Numbering). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Every time I do all the work of formatting it via the dialog boxes, it reverts all bullets to the black bullet (yes, there IS a default bullet, and that is it) and I lose all my indents. In my opinion, this is just one more instance of horrible Microsoft programming. I am no dummy, and Word 2000 worked just fine, I am thoroughly capable using Publisher 2007, but Word 2007 is a piece of junk! I have disabled the automatic bulleted lists, I have tried using "Save as a Microsoft [insert your favorite version] document," all to no avail. I have accessed the dialog box via the way outlined above, via styles and via something else. NOTHING WORKS!!! "Fredrik K" wrote: Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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When does the bullet formatting go wrong? Immediately as you exit the
multilevel list dialog box? When you reopen the document? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lindalou" wrote in message ... I am having the same problem. I did the following, which is from another post, and it doesn't work: The principles still apply, but the methods are a bit different. To apply bullet formatting to a paragraph, you can apply the built-in List Bullet style. Use the Apply Styles pane to do that: Press Ctrl+Shift+S. In the "Style name" box, type List Bullet, and then click Apply. You can modify the bulleted style the same way you modify any style, for example, via the Styles task pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S). If you want a multilevel list of bullets, set it up via Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New List Style. For each level, pick a bulleted symbol in the list box (or click New Bullet to specify a custom one). You can still assign each level of the list to a paragraph style via the Modify Multilevel List dialog box (which can be displayed via Format button, Numbering). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Every time I do all the work of formatting it via the dialog boxes, it reverts all bullets to the black bullet (yes, there IS a default bullet, and that is it) and I lose all my indents. In my opinion, this is just one more instance of horrible Microsoft programming. I am no dummy, and Word 2000 worked just fine, I am thoroughly capable using Publisher 2007, but Word 2007 is a piece of junk! I have disabled the automatic bulleted lists, I have tried using "Save as a Microsoft [insert your favorite version] document," all to no avail. I have accessed the dialog box via the way outlined above, via styles and via something else. NOTHING WORKS!!! "Fredrik K" wrote: Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by step tips on how to do this. |
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Immediately as I exit. And if I have added what I have done as a named
style, if I click to apply that style, I get the same thing--a single-level, black-bullet list. "Stefan Blom" wrote: When does the bullet formatting go wrong? Immediately as you exit the multilevel list dialog box? When you reopen the document? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lindalou" wrote in message ... I am having the same problem. I did the following, which is from another post, and it doesn't work: The principles still apply, but the methods are a bit different. To apply bullet formatting to a paragraph, you can apply the built-in List Bullet style. Use the Apply Styles pane to do that: Press Ctrl+Shift+S. In the "Style name" box, type List Bullet, and then click Apply. You can modify the bulleted style the same way you modify any style, for example, via the Styles task pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S). If you want a multilevel list of bullets, set it up via Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New List Style. For each level, pick a bulleted symbol in the list box (or click New Bullet to specify a custom one). You can still assign each level of the list to a paragraph style via the Modify Multilevel List dialog box (which can be displayed via Format button, Numbering). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Every time I do all the work of formatting it via the dialog boxes, it reverts all bullets to the black bullet (yes, there IS a default bullet, and that is it) and I lose all my indents. In my opinion, this is just one more instance of horrible Microsoft programming. I am no dummy, and Word 2000 worked just fine, I am thoroughly capable using Publisher 2007, but Word 2007 is a piece of junk! I have disabled the automatic bulleted lists, I have tried using "Save as a Microsoft [insert your favorite version] document," all to no avail. I have accessed the dialog box via the way outlined above, via styles and via something else. NOTHING WORKS!!! "Fredrik K" wrote: Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new documents based on this template". When I click on a new bullet, it reverts back to the round dot. Please can someone give me step by |
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I wrote that I got the list to work. Yes, I got it to work in exactly one
document. When I copy that bulleted list over to a new doc, it keeps the style. But as soon as I save it to the list library and click on the properly formatted it list, it converts the list to a two-level (instead of 5-level) list. "lindalou" wrote: Immediately as I exit. And if I have added what I have done as a named style, if I click to apply that style, I get the same thing--a single-level, black-bullet list. "Stefan Blom" wrote: When does the bullet formatting go wrong? Immediately as you exit the multilevel list dialog box? When you reopen the document? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lindalou" wrote in message ... I am having the same problem. I did the following, which is from another post, and it doesn't work: The principles still apply, but the methods are a bit different. To apply bullet formatting to a paragraph, you can apply the built-in List Bullet style. Use the Apply Styles pane to do that: Press Ctrl+Shift+S. In the "Style name" box, type List Bullet, and then click Apply. You can modify the bulleted style the same way you modify any style, for example, via the Styles task pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S). If you want a multilevel list of bullets, set it up via Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New List Style. For each level, pick a bulleted symbol in the list box (or click New Bullet to specify a custom one). You can still assign each level of the list to a paragraph style via the Modify Multilevel List dialog box (which can be displayed via Format button, Numbering). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Every time I do all the work of formatting it via the dialog boxes, it reverts all bullets to the black bullet (yes, there IS a default bullet, and that is it) and I lose all my indents. In my opinion, this is just one more instance of horrible Microsoft programming. I am no dummy, and Word 2000 worked just fine, I am thoroughly capable using Publisher 2007, but Word 2007 is a piece of junk! I have disabled the automatic bulleted lists, I have tried using "Save as a Microsoft [insert your favorite version] document," all to no avail. I have accessed the dialog box via the way outlined above, via styles and via something else. NOTHING WORKS!!! "Fredrik K" wrote: Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new |
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Are you saying that you cannot change levels either? If so, it seems as if
you have created a single-level list rather than a multi-level one. Did you follow the instructions to link each level of the list style to a paragraph style? Note that copying bulleted (and numbered) lists has been difficult in Word since (at least) Word 97. Instead, you should create your (bulleted and numbered) lists in a template, and then create documents from that template. This is the easiest way to (re-)use style-based formatting in Word. Also, once you have a template, you can easily reformat an existing document B by inserting it into a newly created document A (which is based on your template). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lindalou" wrote in message ... I wrote that I got the list to work. Yes, I got it to work in exactly one document. When I copy that bulleted list over to a new doc, it keeps the style. But as soon as I save it to the list library and click on the properly formatted it list, it converts the list to a two-level (instead of 5-level) list. "lindalou" wrote: Immediately as I exit. And if I have added what I have done as a named style, if I click to apply that style, I get the same thing--a single-level, black-bullet list. "Stefan Blom" wrote: When does the bullet formatting go wrong? Immediately as you exit the multilevel list dialog box? When you reopen the document? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "lindalou" wrote in message ... I am having the same problem. I did the following, which is from another post, and it doesn't work: The principles still apply, but the methods are a bit different. To apply bullet formatting to a paragraph, you can apply the built-in List Bullet style. Use the Apply Styles pane to do that: Press Ctrl+Shift+S. In the "Style name" box, type List Bullet, and then click Apply. You can modify the bulleted style the same way you modify any style, for example, via the Styles task pane (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S). If you want a multilevel list of bullets, set it up via Home tab | Multilevel List | Define New List Style. For each level, pick a bulleted symbol in the list box (or click New Bullet to specify a custom one). You can still assign each level of the list to a paragraph style via the Modify Multilevel List dialog box (which can be displayed via Format button, Numbering). -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP Every time I do all the work of formatting it via the dialog boxes, it reverts all bullets to the black bullet (yes, there IS a default bullet, and that is it) and I lose all my indents. In my opinion, this is just one more instance of horrible Microsoft programming. I am no dummy, and Word 2000 worked just fine, I am thoroughly capable using Publisher 2007, but Word 2007 is a piece of junk! I have disabled the automatic bulleted lists, I have tried using "Save as a Microsoft [insert your favorite version] document," all to no avail. I have accessed the dialog box via the way outlined above, via styles and via something else. NOTHING WORKS!!! "Fredrik K" wrote: Sorry, what I mean is this: When one of our users wants to make a list they usually select the text or place the cursor in it and then either right-click and choose Bullet list or choose Bullet list from the Paragraph section in the ribbon. And that's when the black dot (default) bulllet list appears. Most of them doesn't know how or wants to choose a specific Style from the style sections of the ribbon or a pane to format their documents. It should be like that, I know. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: What do you mean by "the default bullet"? Word really doesn't have anything like that. After you've changed, say, the List Bullet style you will have to explicitly apply it to the text that you want bulleted. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´ve tried the Normal.dotm too. Same problem. I´ve also tried making a new template Letter.dotx and applying the changes there. But with the same problems opening a new document based on that specific template. The default bullet is the old black dot. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: Note that if you actually have a file called normal.dotx (with the dotX extension), that is *not* the blank document template, which has the dotM extension. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... I´m trying to change it in Normal.dotx both in the Ctrl+Shift and Alt+Ctrl+Shift panes, being careful checking the "New documents based on this template" box. It works in the actual Normal.dotx but not when I open a new document based on the template. Fredrik "Stefan Blom" wrote: As I wrote, the List Paragraph style cannot be used to modify settings for numbers or bullets. How are you changing the List Bullet style in normal.dotm? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Fredrik K" wrote in message ... Hi! I´ve got the same problem as Robin. I´ve tried changing List Paragraph, List Bullet and even List in Normal.dotx to my own fine square, red dot but when I open a New document the (right Robin) ugly little black dot is there again. Fredrik "Robin" wrote: Thanks but nope. Went into the normal.dotm and made the change to the list bullet. This seemed to work ok in the normal.dotm document, but when I saved, close and opened a new document, the little black dot raised its ugly head! "Stefan Blom" wrote: Which style are you changing? If you are trying to change List Paragraph, I would advise against it. For some reason, List Paragraph behaves unpredictably (especially with indentation). If you cannot successfully transfer List Bullet or a custom paragraph style to the attached template, try opening the template directly (via the Open dialog box) and make the modification directly. Does that help? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I get it to work in a doc (pops up with "List Paragraph" when I insert a bullet and then CTRL+SHFT+S). However, when I close this word doc and open a new one, the black dot returns... This is with the "New documents based on this template" ticked. "Stefan Blom" wrote: Well, the idea is to apply the bullet formatting to text by applying a paragraph style modified to include the desired bullet formatting. For example, you can use one of Word's built-in bullet styles, List Bullet, as a starting point. In the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type List Bullet. Click the Modify button. In the Modify Style dialog box, click Format, and then click Numbering. Click the Bullets tab. Choose the desired bullet (or use Define New Bullet if you don't see the bullet you want). When you are done click OK to confirm the settings (which takes you back to the Modify Style dialog box). To transfer the modified style to the attached template, use the "New documents based on this template" option in the Modify Style dialog box before clicking OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Robin" wrote in message ... Thanks, but that does not change the default bullet. When I do this, I need to insert a new bullet (which will be a black dot) and then manually change the style, right? "Robin" wrote: Hi. I am really struggling to get my default bullets right for Word 2007. I get the bullet to look right (its a fancy wingding star as prescribed by our marketing guys) but I cannot change the default via the style menu's "new |
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