Cannot insert bullets

[katiesue]

I work in documents often created by others, and sometimes worked in by more
than one person before I see it. Sometimes in working with text, it will not
let me insert bullets for particular paragraphs. If I hit backspace and then
return to try to create an auto bullet from the preceding paragraph, it
actually removes the bullet from the preceding paragraph instead. And this
often continues up the page until I can't insert any bullets at all. I have
tried using the "remove formatting" button, but it doesn't do any good.

To fix it in the past, all I have figured out is to retype the text. HELP!

 

[katiesue]

Although I'd like to know the reason for this, I was able to fix the problem
but cutting and pasting the text into Wordpad, and then cutting and pasting
it back into the original document. But there must be a reason for this that
can be fixed within the original document.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Note that bullet formatting will be removed from empty paragraphs (that is,
paragraphs without text in them).

However, since cutting and pasting text worked for you, there may be some
kind of (mild) corruption in the document. If you copy the whole document
(except for the final paragraph mark, ¶) into
a new document, does that make a difference?

To show/hide paragraph marks as well as other nonprinting marks, press
Ctrl+Shift+8.