A problem with tabbing in lists

[Andrew]

For some reason, when I hit TAB in a numbered or bulleted list, it actually
moves five spaces to the right, instead of changing to the next level in the
list hierarchy (i.e. move from 2. to a.) Similary, when I hit SHIFT-TAB, it
moves fives spaces to the right.

It used to work by jumping up or down one level in the hierarchy. It's been
this way for a couple of weeks, and I don't know what I've done to muck it up
or how to fix it. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office, but it
seems that many of my personal settings were kept... perhaps the corruption
is in my personal settings.

Any help would be greatly appreciated; it's driving me nuts because I use
that function every day!

Thanks,

If you prefer, you can email me at
(e-mail address removed) (removing
"reallynospamplease." will, as you might guess, be the correct address)

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

From the Tools menu, select AutoCorrect and then go to the AutoFormat As You
Type tab and uncheck the "Set left- and first-indent with tabs and
backspaces" box under the Automatically as you type section of the dialog.

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Hope this helps.

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services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

No, this option has to be enabled (checked) for Andrew to get the behavior
he wants.

 

[Andrew]

It worked! Thanks to both of you... I feel silly that I didn't catch that;
I went into the autocorrect menu, but for some reason, I didn't get it. I
must have messed it up without realizing it at the time. Anyway, I feel more
happy than silly. Thanks again!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, I've never felt that the wording of that option was very clear, and it
didn't help that it was moved from Tools | Options | Edit to Tools |
AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type so that even someone who knew
what it did and how to use it could no longer find it!