[vanessa]

Usually if have an outline (like a bulleted or numbered list), and I press
"tab", it demotes the item (e.g., 2.) automatically indents and becomes a.)).
One day it just stopped working. Now if I press "tab", it inserts a tab.
How can I fix this? I tried deleting normal.dotm, but it didn't fix the
problem.

Thanks!
Vanessa

[grammatim[_2_]]

Is "Don't use hanging indent as tab stop for bullets and numbering"
checked? (Where to find it depends on your version of Word.)

On Apr 23, 10:48*pm, Vanessa
wrote:
Usually if have an outline (like a bulleted or numbered list), and I press
"tab", it demotes the item (e.g., 2.) automatically indents and becomes a..)).
*One day it just stopped working. *Now if I press "tab", it inserts a tab. *
How can I fix this? *I tried deleting normal.dotm, but it didn't fix the
problem.

Thanks!
Vanessa

[vanessa]

I couldn't find that option exactly... but while I was looking for it, I
found "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces" under
Proofing-AutoFormat, and that did the trick. Thanks for your response!

"grammatim" wrote:

Is "Don't use hanging indent as tab stop for bullets and numbering"
checked? (Where to find it depends on your version of Word.)

On Apr 23, 10:48 pm, Vanessa
wrote:
Usually if have an outline (like a bulleted or numbered list), and I press
"tab", it demotes the item (e.g., 2.) automatically indents and becomes a..)).
One day it just stopped working. Now if I press "tab", it inserts a tab.
How can I fix this? I tried deleting normal.dotm, but it didn't fix the
problem.

Thanks!
Vanessa

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There's a setting that governs this that can be in any of three places
depending on version:

1. Word 2000 and earlier: Tools | Options | Edit: Tabs and backspace set
left indent.

2. Word 2002 and 2003: Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type:
"Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces."

3. Word 2007: Office Button | Word Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options
| AutoFormat As You Type: "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and
backspaces."

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

"Vanessa" wrote in message
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Usually if have an outline (like a bulleted or numbered list), and I press
"tab", it demotes the item (e.g., 2.) automatically indents and becomes
a.)).
One day it just stopped working. Now if I press "tab", it inserts a tab.
How can I fix this? I tried deleting normal.dotm, but it didn't fix the
problem.

Thanks!
Vanessa

[grammatim[_2_]]

That's what I was hoping to find but I didn't see it anywhere. The
"Don't" one is in the long alphabetical list of "compatibility
options" in 2007 for which no explanation whatsoever is provided in
Help.

On Apr 23, 11:30*pm, Vanessa
wrote:
I couldn't find that option exactly... but while I was looking for it, I
found "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and backspaces" under
Proofing-AutoFormat, and that did the trick. *Thanks for your response!



"grammatim" wrote:
Is "Don't use hanging indent as tab stop for bullets and numbering"
checked? (Where to find it depends on your version of Word.)

On Apr 23, 10:48 pm, Vanessa
wrote:
Usually if have an outline (like a bulleted or numbered list), and I press
"tab", it demotes the item (e.g., 2.) automatically indents and becomes a..)).
*One day it just stopped working. *Now if I press "tab", it inserts a tab. *
How can I fix this? *I tried deleting normal.dotm, but it didn't fix the
problem.

Thanks!
Vanessa-