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If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list
in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit
your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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Stefan,
Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include
the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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What is the benefit of that versus just creating a new style? Wouldn't the
user just have to modify the list number style everytime? Sorry, but not a big power user here.. "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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Whether you modify the List Number style or create a new style, you'll still
have to do it again in every new document unless you save the changes to the template, so it's six of one and half a dozen of another. I prefer to use the built-in styles when possible just to avoid proliferation of styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Nat" wrote in message ... What is the benefit of that versus just creating a new style? Wouldn't the user just have to modify the list number style everytime? Sorry, but not a big power user here.. "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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OK thanks, but when referring to modifying the List number style are we
referring to modifying the "List Paragraph" quick style, or instead are we just modifying one of the existing numbering formats that are showed in the numbering library? Thanks again, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whether you modify the List Number style or create a new style, you'll still have to do it again in every new document unless you save the changes to the template, so it's six of one and half a dozen of another. I prefer to use the built-in styles when possible just to avoid proliferation of styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Nat" wrote in message ... What is the benefit of that versus just creating a new style? Wouldn't the user just have to modify the list number style everytime? Sorry, but not a big power user here.. "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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Thanks alot, but my only clarification woudl be what we mean when we discusee
modifyling "List Number stlyes". Are we discussing modifying teh LIST PARAGRAPH quick style, or instead are we referring to modifying one of teh pre-defined number formats that show in the NUMBER LIBRARY??? Thanks again, Nat "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whether you modify the List Number style or create a new style, you'll still have to do it again in every new document unless you save the changes to the template, so it's six of one and half a dozen of another. I prefer to use the built-in styles when possible just to avoid proliferation of styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Nat" wrote in message ... What is the benefit of that versus just creating a new style? Wouldn't the user just have to modify the list number style everytime? Sorry, but not a big power user here.. "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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I guess you must be using Word 2007 since I don't know what you're talking
about (and "quick style" is a Word 2007 concept). I was talking about the style named List Number. There are several groups (List, List Bullet, List Number, List Continue) each with a series of styles with progressively larger indents. The List Number series are List Number, List Number 2, List Number 3, etc. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Nat" wrote in message ... Thanks alot, but my only clarification woudl be what we mean when we discusee modifyling "List Number stlyes". Are we discussing modifying teh LIST PARAGRAPH quick style, or instead are we referring to modifying one of teh pre-defined number formats that show in the NUMBER LIBRARY??? Thanks again, Nat "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whether you modify the List Number style or create a new style, you'll still have to do it again in every new document unless you save the changes to the template, so it's six of one and half a dozen of another. I prefer to use the built-in styles when possible just to avoid proliferation of styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Nat" wrote in message ... What is the benefit of that versus just creating a new style? Wouldn't the user just have to modify the list number style everytime? Sorry, but not a big power user here.. "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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I was referring to the paragraph style called "List Number," which has
numbering formatting by default. As Suzanne wrote, whether you use the built-in style or a custom one is up to you. Then, to apply the number formatting, you would just apply the style to text. The advantage of using styles is that they can be copied to other documents or templates, which means that you can re-use them easily. (This is different from the predefined formats under Home tab | Numbering.) Note: Although "List Paragraph" is indeed a paragraph style, it doesn't actually store any numbering formatting. It is used by Word whenever you add a number or bullet format as direct formatting. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... OK thanks, but when referring to modifying the List number style are we referring to modifying the "List Paragraph" quick style, or instead are we just modifying one of the existing numbering formats that are showed in the numbering library? Thanks again, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whether you modify the List Number style or create a new style, you'll still have to do it again in every new document unless you save the changes to the template, so it's six of one and half a dozen of another. I prefer to use the built-in styles when possible just to avoid proliferation of styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Nat" wrote in message ... What is the benefit of that versus just creating a new style? Wouldn't the user just have to modify the list number style everytime? Sorry, but not a big power user here.. "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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If you want to automate this, using the built-in List Number style, a simple
way is to intercept the FormatNumberDefault command with this code (place it in normal.dotm): Sub FormatNumberDefault() On Error GoTo errhandler If Selection.Paragraphs(1).Style.NameLocal = _ ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleListNumber).NameLocal Then Selection.Style = wdStyleNormal Else Selection.Style = wdStyleListNumber End If Exit Sub errhandler: Exit Sub End Sub For instructions, see http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Stefan Blom" wrote: I was referring to the paragraph style called "List Number," which has numbering formatting by default. As Suzanne wrote, whether you use the built-in style or a custom one is up to you. Then, to apply the number formatting, you would just apply the style to text. The advantage of using styles is that they can be copied to other documents or templates, which means that you can re-use them easily. (This is different from the predefined formats under Home tab | Numbering.) Note: Although "List Paragraph" is indeed a paragraph style, it doesn't actually store any numbering formatting. It is used by Word whenever you add a number or bullet format as direct formatting. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... OK thanks, but when referring to modifying the List number style are we referring to modifying the "List Paragraph" quick style, or instead are we just modifying one of the existing numbering formats that are showed in the numbering library? Thanks again, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Whether you modify the List Number style or create a new style, you'll still have to do it again in every new document unless you save the changes to the template, so it's six of one and half a dozen of another. I prefer to use the built-in styles when possible just to avoid proliferation of styles. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Nat" wrote in message ... What is the benefit of that versus just creating a new style? Wouldn't the user just have to modify the list number style everytime? Sorry, but not a big power user here.. "Stefan Blom" wrote: You can apply the List Number style instead, and then modify it to include the ¶ symbol. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote: Stefan, Thanks for the quick reply but that is not exactly what I was thinking. When I typed in bullet list, what I really meant was a new "numbering format". The user wants to create a numbering format with a ¶ symbol, followed by a number (without a period) and then a tab to where the text begins. If we try to adjust the line indents it only works for the 1st row. She also does not want to have to adjust every time. She also wants to set the margins a specific way. She claims she could do this in prior versions of Word. Is this something that needs to be done via creation of a new style or are we missing something here?? Thanks a lot, "Stefan Blom" wrote: Create a bulleted style, or modify the built-in List Bullet style to suit your needs. If you make use of the built-in List Bullet style, note that there is a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+L) that applies it to text. To set the indents for a bulleted style, just apply it to text, right-click a bulleted item and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu. When you are done, click OK. Then right-click again and choose to Update style name to Match Selection. To transfer the settings to the attached template, right-click the style in the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) and choose Modify. Click the "New documents based on this template" option and then click OK. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Nat" wrote in message ... If someone wants to create a new bullet list or set the default bullet list in Word 07 that starts with a ¶ followed by a number and then tabs over to where the text starts, how does one do that? Does that get set at teh bullet level or the paragraph level, or do they simply have to create a custom style? Thanks in advance, |
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