Indents in numbered styles must be set in the Numbering dialog, not in the
Paragraph dialog. Make sure that the indent (or tab stop) in your numbered
paragraphs is set the same as the unnumbered paragraphs.
First-line and hanging indents are not "tab stops." The position of all tab
stops is set relative to the left margin, irrespective of any paragraph
indent. You can most easily see how Word treats measurements in first-line
and hanging indents by dragging the appropriate markers on the ruler and
then looking at the settings in the Paragraph dialog.
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"cayce" wrote in message
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How can I prevent Word 97 from ADDING a tab position to a numbering style
I
have created. It happens whenever I tell Word to restart the numbering
when a
numbered list is separated from a previous numbered list by intervening
paragraphs of a different style. The result is the 1st line of the
paragraph
is indented slightly more than the rest of the lines in the paragraph
which
are controlled by the hanging indent tab.
Secondly, when a tab stop is defined in a paragraph style, what is the
exact
reference point it is using to measure from? Does this reference point
vary
whether defining a hanging indent versus first line indent?
Any ideas on this would be helpful.