Difference Ctrl-M / Indent button

[Winfried Rabenstein]

Hi,

I always thought that in Word (2003), Ctrl-M was a shortcut to the
indent-functionality, also invoked with the indent buttons on the
toolbar. However, the behaviour seems to be different:
If I create a numbered paragraph, then as the next paragraph a
bullet-paragraph, looking like
1. text
- text
then go back to the first one, and press Ctrl-M, it will move the
numbered para. to the right, the bullet-para. stays where it was
1. text
-
However, when I click on the indent icon of the toolbar, both
paragraphs move to the right:
1. text
- text
Can anybody explain me what exactly happens in these two cases and
why???

Thanks,
Winfried

 

[Stefan Blom]

The difference is that the Increase Indent button indents an entire
numbered or bulleted list (for multi-level lists this means changing
to a lower numbering level), and the Ctrl+M shortcut indents selected
paragraphs. The Word commands executed are ListIndent and Indent,
respectively.

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[Winfried Rabenstein]

Thanks, this replies to my question, but creates new ones...

What you say is that Ctrl-M only indents paragraphs, whereas the indent
buttons should indent the (single-level) list, or change to the next
level (in multi-level lists).

When I try it, Ctrl-M seems to work as you describe it. However, the
indent buttons also change the level if I am in a single level or
bullet list (although this kind of list should not have different
levels, or should they?) So the question is, what happens in this case?
Is the bullet-list transformed in some way to an outline as soon as I
try to change the level?

Winfried

 

[Luc]

Winfried,
I would advise to have a read here, and brace yourself you're in for a rough
ride.
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm

 

[Stefan Blom]

In recent versions of Word, the difference between single-level and
multi-level lists seems to be smaller (non-existing?).

In the long run, you'd have to set up numbered and bulleted paragraphs
with styles. See:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html.

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