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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default
tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use
styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new
styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
You are welcome.
-- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
Hi Stefan, thanks for clearing that up, I've spent ages trying to work out
how to change the default tab setting from 1.27cm to 1cm. Any chance Microsoft could include this in future versions of Word? Frankly it's a pain for everyone in non-Imperial measure countries (which I've just read in another post only is the US and Myanmar) to continually have to reformat dot points and mess around with styles which are also a bit of pain to use. thanks "Stefan Blom" wrote: You are welcome. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
Hi Stefan, thanks for clearing that up, I've spent ages trying to work out
how to change the default tab setting from 1.27cm to 1cm. Any chance Microsoft could include this in future versions of Word? Frankly it's a pain for everyone in non-Imperial measure countries (which I've just read in another post only is the US and Myanmar) to continually have to reformat dot points and mess around with styles which are also a bit of pain to use. thanks "Stefan Blom" wrote: You are welcome. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
It is simple enough to change the default tab stops. Open the normal
template in Word. Change the default tab stop to whatever you want, then save and close. New documents based on the template will have the new default tab setting. FWIW it is much better to set the required tabs in the styles that require them and avoid using the default tabs at all - except for ad hoc documents. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Flemillo" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, thanks for clearing that up, I've spent ages trying to work out how to change the default tab setting from 1.27cm to 1cm. Any chance Microsoft could include this in future versions of Word? Frankly it's a pain for everyone in non-Imperial measure countries (which I've just read in another post only is the US and Myanmar) to continually have to reformat dot points and mess around with styles which are also a bit of pain to use. thanks "Stefan Blom" wrote: You are welcome. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
It is simple enough to change the default tab stops. Open the normal
template in Word. Change the default tab stop to whatever you want, then save and close. New documents based on the template will have the new default tab setting. FWIW it is much better to set the required tabs in the styles that require them and avoid using the default tabs at all - except for ad hoc documents. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Flemillo" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, thanks for clearing that up, I've spent ages trying to work out how to change the default tab setting from 1.27cm to 1cm. Any chance Microsoft could include this in future versions of Word? Frankly it's a pain for everyone in non-Imperial measure countries (which I've just read in another post only is the US and Myanmar) to continually have to reformat dot points and mess around with styles which are also a bit of pain to use. thanks "Stefan Blom" wrote: You are welcome. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
And if you are working with bullets and numbering, you *definitely* should be
using custom tab stops, defined via the bullets/numbering options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via NNTP) "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It is simple enough to change the default tab stops. Open the normal template in Word. Change the default tab stop to whatever you want, then save and close. New documents based on the template will have the new default tab setting. FWIW it is much better to set the required tabs in the styles that require them and avoid using the default tabs at all - except for ad hoc documents. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Flemillo" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, thanks for clearing that up, I've spent ages trying to work out how to change the default tab setting from 1.27cm to 1cm. Any chance Microsoft could include this in future versions of Word? Frankly it's a pain for everyone in non-Imperial measure countries (which I've just read in another post only is the US and Myanmar) to continually have to reformat dot points and mess around with styles which are also a bit of pain to use. thanks "Stefan Blom" wrote: You are welcome. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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How do I change the default paragraph format for bullet lists?
And if you are working with bullets and numbering, you *definitely* should be
using custom tab stops, defined via the bullets/numbering options. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP (Message posted via NNTP) "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... It is simple enough to change the default tab stops. Open the normal template in Word. Change the default tab stop to whatever you want, then save and close. New documents based on the template will have the new default tab setting. FWIW it is much better to set the required tabs in the styles that require them and avoid using the default tabs at all - except for ad hoc documents. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org "Flemillo" wrote in message ... Hi Stefan, thanks for clearing that up, I've spent ages trying to work out how to change the default tab setting from 1.27cm to 1cm. Any chance Microsoft could include this in future versions of Word? Frankly it's a pain for everyone in non-Imperial measure countries (which I've just read in another post only is the US and Myanmar) to continually have to reformat dot points and mess around with styles which are also a bit of pain to use. thanks "Stefan Blom" wrote: You are welcome. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" wrote in message ... Thanks Stefan. I thought this might be the case. I know how to set up new styles, so will revert to this more cumbersome approach. "Stefan Blom" wrote: No, you cannot change the default settings of those buttons. Instead, use styles to set up numbering and bullet formatting. If you want specific instructions, tell me your version of Word. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Tony Jack" Tony wrote in message ... I have set up my default paragraphs in Word in metric units (i.e. default tabs are 1cm). When I use the bullet or number buttons in the Home tab the formatting is in inches (indent 0.63 cm = 1/4 inch, hanging indent = 0.63 cm) which leaves the first line out of line with the body of the paragraph - first line indent at 1 cm, body of the paragraph at 1.26 cm. Can I change the default formatting when I use the bullet of number buttons? |
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