Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I return, a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the next number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on (it hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. (For
bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html, the
subject is related.)

This is based on ...

Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I return, a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the next number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on (it
hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

Thanks Charles. I'll take a look
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Many thanks
JD


"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word
document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. (For
bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html, the
subject is related.)

This is based on ...

Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm


--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I return, a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the next number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on (it
hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

Does your bulleted style have Space Before or After?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I return, a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the next number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on (it
hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

Hi Suzanne

No there are no spaces before or after the bullet. The parameters for the
bullets working correctly are identical to the misbehaving bullets.
--


Many thanks
JD


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Does your bulleted style have Space Before or After?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I return, a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the next number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on (it
hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

No, I'm talking about paragraph formatting. Go to Format | Paragraph and see
if there is a non-zero number in the Spacing: Before/After box.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

No there are no spaces before or after the bullet. The parameters for the
bullets working correctly are identical to the misbehaving bullets.
--


Many thanks
JD


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Does your bulleted style have Space Before or After?

--
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.

"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I return,
a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the next
number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on (it
hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

Hi

I'm talking about the same thing! The spaces before and after are set to
zero. It;'s why I'm so baffled...
--


Many thanks
JD


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

No, I'm talking about paragraph formatting. Go to Format | Paragraph and see
if there is a non-zero number in the Spacing: Before/After box.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

No there are no spaces before or after the bullet. The parameters for the
bullets working correctly are identical to the misbehaving bullets.
--


Many thanks
JD


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Does your bulleted style have Space Before or After?

--
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.

"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I return,
a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the next
number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on (it
hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

Grasping at straws here, but check the Layout tab of Page Setup and make
sure the vertical alignment is set to Top.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

I'm talking about the same thing! The spaces before and after are set to
zero. It;'s why I'm so baffled...
--


Many thanks
JD


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

No, I'm talking about paragraph formatting. Go to Format | Paragraph and
see
if there is a non-zero number in the Spacing: Before/After box.

--
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.

"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi Suzanne

No there are no spaces before or after the bullet. The parameters for
the
bullets working correctly are identical to the misbehaving bullets.
--


Many thanks
JD


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Does your bulleted style have Space Before or After?

--
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.

"Jackie D" wrote in message
...
Hi

Does anyone know what's going on with my bullets? Each time I
return,
a
number bullet is normally created on the next line down. Now, for
some
reason, when I return a line space is occurring before the the
next
number
bullet. It's almost as if double line space has been switched on
(it
hasn't).

I can't see why this is happening. Does anyone else?
--


Many thanks
JD

[Bryan Saint Germain]

JD, I know exactly what you mean, and this has bugged me since I moved up to
Word 2003. I was just looking through the forums for an answer and all I
could find was your question. Here's what I know: (turn on display of hidden
characters to make it obvious):

If the cursor is resting (blinking) on a bullet that's blank (no text on
that line, just a hard return) and I press the return/enter key, that bullet
changes to a normal (non-bulleted) line and the new line I've created is also
a normal (non-bulleted) line with the cursor resting at the start of that new
line. This happens whether I start on the last bullet of a set or I start on
an empty bullet in the middle of a set of bullets.

Note that this is not an issue of space before or after paragraphs. I'm
quite familiar with that option and use it a lot in my work. As I said,
turning on display of hard returns will make the behavior quite clear.

Now frankly, I find this irritating. I'm used to creating a number of extra
bullets within a set and then populating them with text in some order other
than first, second, third, etc. I know that I can select the bullets that
were automatically converted to normal paragraphs and convert them back, but
that does seem excessive. This was not an issue in Office 2000.

I thought there would be a checkbox somewhere in the style and formatting
options but so far I've been unable to find one that affects this behavior.
Maybe someone else knows where to find it . . .

Regards,
Bryan

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This was set up as a way for clueless users (which you obviously are not) to
"get out of" bullets. If you will type at least a single space after the
bullet before pressing Enter, the bullet will be retained.

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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
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"Bryan Saint Germain" wrote in
message ...
JD, I know exactly what you mean, and this has bugged me since I moved up
to
Word 2003. I was just looking through the forums for an answer and all I
could find was your question. Here's what I know: (turn on display of
hidden
characters to make it obvious):

If the cursor is resting (blinking) on a bullet that's blank (no text on
that line, just a hard return) and I press the return/enter key, that
bullet
changes to a normal (non-bulleted) line and the new line I've created is
also
a normal (non-bulleted) line with the cursor resting at the start of that
new
line. This happens whether I start on the last bullet of a set or I start
on
an empty bullet in the middle of a set of bullets.

Note that this is not an issue of space before or after paragraphs. I'm
quite familiar with that option and use it a lot in my work. As I said,
turning on display of hard returns will make the behavior quite clear.

Now frankly, I find this irritating. I'm used to creating a number of
extra
bullets within a set and then populating them with text in some order
other
than first, second, third, etc. I know that I can select the bullets that
were automatically converted to normal paragraphs and convert them back,
but
that does seem excessive. This was not an issue in Office 2000.

I thought there would be a checkbox somewhere in the style and formatting
options but so far I've been unable to find one that affects this
behavior.
Maybe someone else knows where to find it . . .

Regards,
Bryan