Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
|
|||
|
|||
How to change default bullet list indenting?
I've Word 2007 and can't figure out how to change normal.dot (or whatever) to
ALWAYS make my bulletted lists flush left (without that indent 0.25" or 40px or whatever it is), so they don't move right nearly so fast as I go into successive levels of sublists. Styles Inspector says alter List Paragraph but that doesn't seem to work. Exposing everything seems to indicate a hidden "Bullets and Numbering" style, but I can't right-click it to alter it and I don't see it in the long list of all styles. Another attempt at this resulting in my "myUnindentedListStyle" style but if I try to go into Recommended Styles dialog it is enabled, but when I select it is says "last" as the view order and none of the buttons to modify it are enabled. ventGrrrr! Help is useless and this is the 3rd or 4th time I've spent 30+ minutes on this. /vent Thanks to anyone with a clue on how to approach what I woudl have thought was a simple task. Besides, what kind of people really prefer indented lists?! ;- |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
|
|||
|
|||
How to change default bullet list indenting?
Not sure how to handle this in Word 2007, but in Word 2003, the default List
Bullet style is not indented. -- 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. "Vashon Juan" wrote in message ... I've Word 2007 and can't figure out how to change normal.dot (or whatever) to ALWAYS make my bulletted lists flush left (without that indent 0.25" or 40px or whatever it is), so they don't move right nearly so fast as I go into successive levels of sublists. Styles Inspector says alter List Paragraph but that doesn't seem to work. Exposing everything seems to indicate a hidden "Bullets and Numbering" style, but I can't right-click it to alter it and I don't see it in the long list of all styles. Another attempt at this resulting in my "myUnindentedListStyle" style but if I try to go into Recommended Styles dialog it is enabled, but when I select it is says "last" as the view order and none of the buttons to modify it are enabled. ventGrrrr! Help is useless and this is the 3rd or 4th time I've spent 30+ minutes on this. /vent Thanks to anyone with a clue on how to approach what I woudl have thought was a simple task. Besides, what kind of people really prefer indented lists?! ;- |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
|
|||
|
|||
How to change default bullet list indenting?
By default in Word 2007, when you use the bullet tool, the List Paragraph
style is used. What Suzanne was suggesting, in effect, is that you use the List Bullet style, instead. The List Bullet style -- in both Word 2003 and 2007 -- is flush left by default, and should not require jumping through hoops. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Vashon Juan" wrote in message ... I've Word 2007 and can't figure out how to change normal.dot (or whatever) to ALWAYS make my bulletted lists flush left (without that indent 0.25" or 40px or whatever it is), so they don't move right nearly so fast as I go into successive levels of sublists. Styles Inspector says alter List Paragraph but that doesn't seem to work. Exposing everything seems to indicate a hidden "Bullets and Numbering" style, but I can't right-click it to alter it and I don't see it in the long list of all styles. Another attempt at this resulting in my "myUnindentedListStyle" style but if I try to go into Recommended Styles dialog it is enabled, but when I select it is says "last" as the view order and none of the buttons to modify it are enabled. ventGrrrr! Help is useless and this is the 3rd or 4th time I've spent 30+ minutes on this. /vent Thanks to anyone with a clue on how to approach what I woudl have thought was a simple task. Besides, what kind of people really prefer indented lists?! ;- |
#4
Posted to microsoft.public.word.pagelayout
|
|||
|
|||
How to change default bullet list indenting?
Ah, that works. Thanks VERY much!
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: By default in Word 2007, when you use the bullet tool, the List Paragraph style is used. What Suzanne was suggesting, in effect, is that you use the List Bullet style, instead. The List Bullet style -- in both Word 2003 and 2007 -- is flush left by default, and should not require jumping through hoops. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Vashon Juan" wrote in message ... I've Word 2007 and can't figure out how to change normal.dot (or whatever) to ALWAYS make my bulletted lists flush left (without that indent 0.25" or 40px or whatever it is), so they don't move right nearly so fast as I go into successive levels of sublists. Styles Inspector says alter List Paragraph but that doesn't seem to work. Exposing everything seems to indicate a hidden "Bullets and Numbering" style, but I can't right-click it to alter it and I don't see it in the long list of all styles. Another attempt at this resulting in my "myUnindentedListStyle" style but if I try to go into Recommended Styles dialog it is enabled, but when I select it is says "last" as the view order and none of the buttons to modify it are enabled. ventGrrrr! Help is useless and this is the 3rd or 4th time I've spent 30+ minutes on this. /vent Thanks to anyone with a clue on how to approach what I woudl have thought was a simple task. Besides, what kind of people really prefer indented lists?! ;- |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
I want to change the spacing after a bullet in a list | Page Layout | |||
Indenting Word 2007 bullet list uneven | Microsoft Word Help | |||
How to change default bullet & indentation setting? | Microsoft Word Help | |||
how do I change the default bullet style for all lists | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Indenting a bullet list in a table cell. | Tables |