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Bullet indents
I would like to change bullet indentation but can't find where I can do it.
Currently I am changing every bullet manually with the ruler, but I want to define a new bullet with the indentation I want. I tried the define new bullet dialogue box but it doesn't have indentation control. It only has controls for picture, font, symbol, etc., which I don't care about. Thanks. |
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Hi,
From your description, I assume that you are using Word 2007. If you added the bullets by clicking on the Bullets button in the Ribbon or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L, you can change the indenting. Right-click within a bulleted paragraph and click Adjust List Indents. Set the desired indents and click OK. All the bulleted lists that you started in the same way should be changed to the settings that you entered. If you want to have several indent levels, I suggest that you create a style with the desired type of bullet and paragraph indenting for each level. -- Hope this helps, Pesach Shelnitz "Clarendon" wrote: I would like to change bullet indentation but can't find where I can do it. Currently I am changing every bullet manually with the ruler, but I want to define a new bullet with the indentation I want. I tried the define new bullet dialogue box but it doesn't have indentation control. It only has controls for picture, font, symbol, etc., which I don't care about. Thanks. |
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Thanks.
But the problem is I can't reuse the new bullet format. It can change the paragraph I already bulleted, but if i want to put a bullet to a new paragraph I have to do that adjusting all over again. What I want to do is to define a new bullet that keeps the format I have used so I can keep using it for new paragraphs. That is what I am asking. Thanks. "Pesach Shelnitz" wrote: Hi, From your description, I assume that you are using Word 2007. If you added the bullets by clicking on the Bullets button in the Ribbon or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L, you can change the indenting. Right-click within a bulleted paragraph and click Adjust List Indents. Set the desired indents and click OK. All the bulleted lists that you started in the same way should be changed to the settings that you entered. If you want to have several indent levels, I suggest that you create a style with the desired type of bullet and paragraph indenting for each level. -- Hope this helps, Pesach Shelnitz "Clarendon" wrote: I would like to change bullet indentation but can't find where I can do it. Currently I am changing every bullet manually with the ruler, but I want to define a new bullet with the indentation I want. I tried the define new bullet dialogue box but it doesn't have indentation control. It only has controls for picture, font, symbol, etc., which I don't care about. Thanks. |
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As Pesach suggested, make use of a bulleted style. For example: Select a
bulleted paragraph that has the desired formatting. In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), click the New Style button, and type in a name for the style. Click OK. Make sure to apply the style to all paragraphs that should have the corresponding bullet formatting. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Clarendon" wrote: Thanks. But the problem is I can't reuse the new bullet format. It can change the paragraph I already bulleted, but if i want to put a bullet to a new paragraph I have to do that adjusting all over again. What I want to do is to define a new bullet that keeps the format I have used so I can keep using it for new paragraphs. That is what I am asking. Thanks. "Pesach Shelnitz" wrote: Hi, From your description, I assume that you are using Word 2007. If you added the bullets by clicking on the Bullets button in the Ribbon or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L, you can change the indenting. Right-click within a bulleted paragraph and click Adjust List Indents. Set the desired indents and click OK. All the bulleted lists that you started in the same way should be changed to the settings that you entered. If you want to have several indent levels, I suggest that you create a style with the desired type of bullet and paragraph indenting for each level. -- Hope this helps, Pesach Shelnitz "Clarendon" wrote: I would like to change bullet indentation but can't find where I can do it. Currently I am changing every bullet manually with the ruler, but I want to define a new bullet with the indentation I want. I tried the define new bullet dialogue box but it doesn't have indentation control. It only has controls for picture, font, symbol, etc., which I don't care about. Thanks. |
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Thanks. I have defined a new style. But it still doesn't appear in the
bullets list, which includes the Bullet library and recently used bullets. When I click one of the bullets in the bullet list, I still get the same bad bullet. When I tried the bullet list right after defining the new bullet style, though, I got some message that mentioned the new style and asked if I wanted to continue. Sorry I didn't really understand the message clearly and just clicked yes. Then I am left with the same bad bullet in the bullet list. "Stefan Blom" wrote: As Pesach suggested, make use of a bulleted style. For example: Select a bulleted paragraph that has the desired formatting. In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), click the New Style button, and type in a name for the style. Click OK. Make sure to apply the style to all paragraphs that should have the corresponding bullet formatting. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Clarendon" wrote: Thanks. But the problem is I can't reuse the new bullet format. It can change the paragraph I already bulleted, but if i want to put a bullet to a new paragraph I have to do that adjusting all over again. What I want to do is to define a new bullet that keeps the format I have used so I can keep using it for new paragraphs. That is what I am asking. Thanks. "Pesach Shelnitz" wrote: Hi, From your description, I assume that you are using Word 2007. If you added the bullets by clicking on the Bullets button in the Ribbon or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L, you can change the indenting. Right-click within a bulleted paragraph and click Adjust List Indents. Set the desired indents and click OK. All the bulleted lists that you started in the same way should be changed to the settings that you entered. If you want to have several indent levels, I suggest that you create a style with the desired type of bullet and paragraph indenting for each level. -- Hope this helps, Pesach Shelnitz "Clarendon" wrote: I would like to change bullet indentation but can't find where I can do it. Currently I am changing every bullet manually with the ruler, but I want to define a new bullet with the indentation I want. I tried the define new bullet dialogue box but it doesn't have indentation control. It only has controls for picture, font, symbol, etc., which I don't care about. Thanks. |
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Just apply the style to text whenever you want that bullet format. You can
use the Styles pane or the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S) to apply a style. Note that the bullet library can only be used to store bullet *symbols*, not the indentation that you want, so it won't be useful for your purposes, anyway. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Clarendon" wrote: Thanks. I have defined a new style. But it still doesn't appear in the bullets list, which includes the Bullet library and recently used bullets. When I click one of the bullets in the bullet list, I still get the same bad bullet. When I tried the bullet list right after defining the new bullet style, though, I got some message that mentioned the new style and asked if I wanted to continue. Sorry I didn't really understand the message clearly and just clicked yes. Then I am left with the same bad bullet in the bullet list. "Stefan Blom" wrote: As Pesach suggested, make use of a bulleted style. For example: Select a bulleted paragraph that has the desired formatting. In the Styles pane (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S), click the New Style button, and type in a name for the style. Click OK. Make sure to apply the style to all paragraphs that should have the corresponding bullet formatting. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Clarendon" wrote: Thanks. But the problem is I can't reuse the new bullet format. It can change the paragraph I already bulleted, but if i want to put a bullet to a new paragraph I have to do that adjusting all over again. What I want to do is to define a new bullet that keeps the format I have used so I can keep using it for new paragraphs. That is what I am asking. Thanks. "Pesach Shelnitz" wrote: Hi, From your description, I assume that you are using Word 2007. If you added the bullets by clicking on the Bullets button in the Ribbon or by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L, you can change the indenting. Right-click within a bulleted paragraph and click Adjust List Indents. Set the desired indents and click OK. All the bulleted lists that you started in the same way should be changed to the settings that you entered. If you want to have several indent levels, I suggest that you create a style with the desired type of bullet and paragraph indenting for each level. -- Hope this helps, Pesach Shelnitz "Clarendon" wrote: I would like to change bullet indentation but can't find where I can do it. Currently I am changing every bullet manually with the ruler, but I want to define a new bullet with the indentation I want. I tried the define new bullet dialogue box but it doesn't have indentation control. It only has controls for picture, font, symbol, etc., which I don't care about. Thanks. |
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