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Justifed text in Numbered lists, last line of parapgraph spacing m
In numbered lists, when I use shift-enter to create a line space between 2
paragraphs within the same number in the list, justifed text in the last line of the paragrah above the line break, looks terrible. It justifies 2-3 words across the entire line. Word doesn't do this when I hit enter, and move to the next number in the sequence (it left-justifies the last line), only when I try to add a paragraph within the number. How can I make justification see the multiple paragraphs under a single number in a numbered list as actuall paragraphs? i.e. NOT justify the end of a paragraph (instead, justifed the last line of all multiple paragraphs) Please help DC |
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Don't use Shift-Enter. Format the following paragraphs indented but without
the number. Shift-Enter tells Word that you are continuing the *same* paragraph. Personally, I'd switch off the justification, too, given that Word's justification is a typographic obscenity. But that's a separate issue. "ITILMan" wrote in message ... In numbered lists, when I use shift-enter to create a line space between 2 paragraphs within the same number in the list, justifed text in the last line of the paragrah above the line break, looks terrible. It justifies 2-3 words across the entire line. Word doesn't do this when I hit enter, and move to the next number in the sequence (it left-justifies the last line), only when I try to add a paragraph within the number. How can I make justification see the multiple paragraphs under a single number in a numbered list as actuall paragraphs? i.e. NOT justify the end of a paragraph (instead, justifed the last line of all multiple paragraphs) Please help DC |
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As Jezebel says, use the related List Continue style instead. There is one
to correspond to each of the List, List Bullet, and List Number styles. -- 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. "ITILMan" wrote in message ... In numbered lists, when I use shift-enter to create a line space between 2 paragraphs within the same number in the list, justifed text in the last line of the paragrah above the line break, looks terrible. It justifies 2-3 words across the entire line. Word doesn't do this when I hit enter, and move to the next number in the sequence (it left-justifies the last line), only when I try to add a paragraph within the number. How can I make justification see the multiple paragraphs under a single number in a numbered list as actuall paragraphs? i.e. NOT justify the end of a paragraph (instead, justifed the last line of all multiple paragraphs) Please help DC |
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I suggest using the method both Suzanne and Jezebel provided but if
you'd rather change the justification behavior of the lines than end in a manual line bread (Shift + Enter) then go to Tools/Options/Compatibility and turn on: "Don't expand character spaces on the line ending in Shift + Return". Also, while you're there you may want to try turning on "Do full justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows". It's *much* better than Word's justification. -- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "ITILMan" wrote in message ... In numbered lists, when I use shift-enter to create a line space between 2 paragraphs within the same number in the list, justifed text in the last line of the paragrah above the line break, looks terrible. It justifies 2-3 words across the entire line. Word doesn't do this when I hit enter, and move to the next number in the sequence (it left-justifies the last line), only when I try to add a paragraph within the number. How can I make justification see the multiple paragraphs under a single number in a numbered list as actuall paragraphs? i.e. NOT justify the end of a paragraph (instead, justifed the last line of all multiple paragraphs) Please help DC |
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You can also prevent justification without changing the option by just
adding a tab character at the end of the line (before the line break). -- 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. "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... I suggest using the method both Suzanne and Jezebel provided but if you'd rather change the justification behavior of the lines than end in a manual line bread (Shift + Enter) then go to Tools/Options/Compatibility and turn on: "Don't expand character spaces on the line ending in Shift + Return". Also, while you're there you may want to try turning on "Do full justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows". It's *much* better than Word's justification. -- Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "ITILMan" wrote in message ... In numbered lists, when I use shift-enter to create a line space between 2 paragraphs within the same number in the list, justifed text in the last line of the paragrah above the line break, looks terrible. It justifies 2-3 words across the entire line. Word doesn't do this when I hit enter, and move to the next number in the sequence (it left-justifies the last line), only when I try to add a paragraph within the number. How can I make justification see the multiple paragraphs under a single number in a numbered list as actuall paragraphs? i.e. NOT justify the end of a paragraph (instead, justifed the last line of all multiple paragraphs) Please help DC |
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