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Numbered Lists
I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item
on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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Anna,
Each time you press the Enter key to get a new numbered line, you're actually creating a new paragraph. Select your numbered list, go to 'Format Paragraph...' and in the 'Spacing' section, set 'Spacing before' to 6pt. That should do the trick. Steve "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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And "remember" this as the DEFAULT style for my numbered lists?
AnnaSummers "Steve Yandl" wrote: Anna, Each time you press the Enter key to get a new numbered line, you're actually creating a new paragraph. Select your numbered list, go to 'Format Paragraph...' and in the 'Spacing' section, set 'Spacing before' to 6pt. That should do the trick. Steve "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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If you modify the List Number style and apply it, you will always get the
formatting you prefer. -- 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. "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... And "remember" this as the DEFAULT style for my numbered lists? AnnaSummers "Steve Yandl" wrote: Anna, Each time you press the Enter key to get a new numbered line, you're actually creating a new paragraph. Select your numbered list, go to 'Format Paragraph...' and in the 'Spacing' section, set 'Spacing before' to 6pt. That should do the trick. Steve "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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Thank you Suzanne. It looks like it did great. I used List to modify and
then List Number and List Bullet based on List. If it "remembers" this, I will be very pleased. Why were people saying that you had to write code to to make these style changes "stick?" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you modify the List Number style and apply it, you will always get the formatting you prefer. -- 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. "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... And "remember" this as the DEFAULT style for my numbered lists? AnnaSummers "Steve Yandl" wrote: Anna, Each time you press the Enter key to get a new numbered line, you're actually creating a new paragraph. Select your numbered list, go to 'Format Paragraph...' and in the 'Spacing' section, set 'Spacing before' to 6pt. That should do the trick. Steve "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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I think code would be required to make the Numbering button apply and remove
a style as a toggle, the way numbering works by default. -- 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. "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... Thank you Suzanne. It looks like it did great. I used List to modify and then List Number and List Bullet based on List. If it "remembers" this, I will be very pleased. Why were people saying that you had to write code to to make these style changes "stick?" "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you modify the List Number style and apply it, you will always get the formatting you prefer. -- 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. "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... And "remember" this as the DEFAULT style for my numbered lists? AnnaSummers "Steve Yandl" wrote: Anna, Each time you press the Enter key to get a new numbered line, you're actually creating a new paragraph. Select your numbered list, go to 'Format Paragraph...' and in the 'Spacing' section, set 'Spacing before' to 6pt. That should do the trick. Steve "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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If you use numbered styles rather than trying to cobble together some manual
formatting to apply numbers the problems you suggest will go away. With any style, you can apply whatever formatting you require as part of the style description and in this instance you need to add spacing before or after in the paragraph format. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Anna Summers wrote: I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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I think this may be a solution, Graham, but I'm not sure I follow exactly
what you are saying. I do most everything with styles - I don't "cobble together" something that I want to use again. There is a way to make a numbering STYLE that Word will REMEMBER in the future? I guess I just don't know how to do that with a numbered list. What do I start with? And how do I make it the DEFAULT for numbering so when I click the numbered list button, I get the style that I created? Thanks, AnnaSummers "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you use numbered styles rather than trying to cobble together some manual formatting to apply numbers the problems you suggest will go away. With any style, you can apply whatever formatting you require as part of the style description and in this instance you need to add spacing before or after in the paragraph format. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Anna Summers wrote: I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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You can't ever get a numbered style by pressing the Numbering button. You
can add a button for your specific numbered style. -- 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. "Anna Summers" wrote in message ... I think this may be a solution, Graham, but I'm not sure I follow exactly what you are saying. I do most everything with styles - I don't "cobble together" something that I want to use again. There is a way to make a numbering STYLE that Word will REMEMBER in the future? I guess I just don't know how to do that with a numbered list. What do I start with? And how do I make it the DEFAULT for numbering so when I click the numbered list button, I get the style that I created? Thanks, AnnaSummers "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you use numbered styles rather than trying to cobble together some manual formatting to apply numbers the problems you suggest will go away. With any style, you can apply whatever formatting you require as part of the style description and in this instance you need to add spacing before or after in the paragraph format. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Anna Summers wrote: I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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One of the attributes of any style is its numbering format ands you can
define that as part of the style (there is a pre-defined style called list number which you can modify). Simply apply this style to your numbered list. Forget the numbering button on the toolbar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Anna Summers wrote: I think this may be a solution, Graham, but I'm not sure I follow exactly what you are saying. I do most everything with styles - I don't "cobble together" something that I want to use again. There is a way to make a numbering STYLE that Word will REMEMBER in the future? I guess I just don't know how to do that with a numbered list. What do I start with? And how do I make it the DEFAULT for numbering so when I click the numbered list button, I get the style that I created? Thanks, AnnaSummers "Graham Mayor" wrote: If you use numbered styles rather than trying to cobble together some manual formatting to apply numbers the problems you suggest will go away. With any style, you can apply whatever formatting you require as part of the style description and in this instance you need to add spacing before or after in the paragraph format. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Anna Summers wrote: I was trying to get a bit of space (a half line to a line) between each item on a numbered list and it was a nightmare. I started reading about the numbered list situation, which seems to me to be a basic item for a word processor to accomplish easily. What a gleaned from my reading was that Word 2003 list numbering does NOT work reliably and that it takes someone with time to study programming and writing cryptic code to get it to work properly. I am astounded! I thought word was supposed to be some great word processor - and it can't even provide and easy-do-do simple thing like a numbered list - not even 1. 2. 3. with a bit of space between the items instead of running them together? Does WordPerfect provide an easy way to produce a numbered list? Anna |
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