Bullets

[Jim]

WinXP Pro & OfficeXP 2002, Word 2002 w/SP3. When I want
to set a bullet (or bullet list) & click on the icon, all
lines in the doc are bulleted. Sometimes undo will delete
unwanted bullets, but now it's either all lines with
bullets or none. The outline numbers work perfectly. I've
also tried selecting lines to receive bullets, but still
get everything with bullets. Sometimes the same thing
happens with centering, underlining, etc. where one
selected word will produce an entire doc that is centered
underlined, etc. I've run "detect & repair" and checked
online for updates. Help/advice is appreciated and
greatly needed. Thank you.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Jim > écrivait :
In this message, < Jim > wrote:

|| WinXP Pro & OfficeXP 2002, Word 2002 w/SP3. When I want
|| to set a bullet (or bullet list) & click on the icon, all
|| lines in the doc are bulleted. Sometimes undo will delete
|| unwanted bullets, but now it's either all lines with
|| bullets or none. The outline numbers work perfectly. I've
|| also tried selecting lines to receive bullets, but still
|| get everything with bullets. Sometimes the same thing
|| happens with centering, underlining, etc. where one
|| selected word will produce an entire doc that is centered
|| underlined, etc. I've run "detect & repair" and checked
|| online for updates. Help/advice is appreciated and
|| greatly needed. Thank you.

Format > Styles and Formatting > Select the "Normal" style (or the style
that applies to your text if you have created one);
Choose to modify it (Either by clicking on the "Modify" button at the bottom
of the dialog, or by right-clicking on its name and choosing "Modify" in the
menu that pops up in the Style pane);
Uncheck "Automatically Update";
Click "OK";
Close the dialog or the pane;
Problem solved!

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Hi Jim,

First a warning, outline numbers do _not_ work perfectly. For simple
documents that won't be edited they are fine. For anything else, you need to
follow the directions at: How to create numbered headings or outline
numbering in your Word document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html.

Your problem seems to be a variation of that addressed at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

 

[Jim]

Thank you. The URLs are very helpful and
unchecking "Automatic Update" made a difference. Haven't
given it a full test, but seems to be working normally
now. Yes, this is a very unstable AND AWKWARD feature
that MS should fix!
Thanks,
Jim

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Bonjour,

Dans son message, < Jim > écrivait :
In this message, < Jim > wrote:

|| Thank you. The URLs are very helpful and
|| unchecking "Automatic Update" made a difference. Haven't
|| given it a full test, but seems to be working normally
|| now. Yes, this is a very unstable AND AWKWARD feature
|| that MS should fix!
|| Thanks,
|| Jim

It is not a broken feature. It is very useful for some types of styles. like
TOC styles. When I change something in my TOC, I like to have all
corresponding TOC level to match my change...

But of course, if you are not aware it is on... that can be annoying! Maybe
it should not be on by default, especially for the Normal style.

--
Salut!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org