Changing default multi-level list in Word 2007 template file

[c3000ca]

I am trying to change the Default Multi-Level List in the Word 2007 Template
fileâ€.

I tried to create a new multi-level list in the template file, make it shows
on the "current list" and then save the template file. When I restart Word
and open an empty document, the "current list" never show the one I create
but the old one. The new multi-level list I create will show up on the "List
Style" not the "current list".

Can anyone tell me how to make the multi-level list I create listed in the
"Current List" as default?

Oldman

 

[Stefan Blom]

You cannot change the default numbering formats; this is the same situation
as in previous versions of Word. However, as in previous versions, you can
make use of styles to store and reuse numbering formatting.

In Word 2007, you can create a list style (via Home tab | Multilevel List |
Define New List Style) which can then be applied to text as any other style.
An existing list style can be modified the same way you modify any style in
Word (for example via the Manage Styles dialog box). In the Modify Style
dialog box, you can click the Format button, and then click Numbering, to
specify any settings that were available in the Customize Outline Numbered
List dialog box of Word 97-2003. You can even attach a paragraph style to
each numbering level (which makes it easy to apply the numbering to text,
level by level).

 

[c3000ca]

Thanks Stefan! Hope that someday the restriction can be released.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Thanks Stefan!

You are welcome.

Hope that someday the restriction can be released.

Since Word is designed to work with styles, I doubt that this will happen.
However, the options under Home tab | Multilevel List could be modified to
make applying list styles easier.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP