Justifed text in Numbered lists, last line of parapgraph spacing m

[ITILMan]

In numbered lists, when I use shift-enter to create a line space between 2
paragraphs within the same number in the list, justifed text in the last
line of the paragrah above the line break, looks terrible. It justifies 2-3
words across the entire line. Word doesn't do this when I hit enter, and move
to the next number in the sequence (it left-justifies the last line), only
when I try to add a paragraph within the number.

How can I make justification see the multiple paragraphs under a single
number in a numbered list as actuall paragraphs? i.e. NOT justify the end of
a paragraph (instead, justifed the last line of all multiple paragraphs)

Please help

DC

 

[Jezebel]

Don't use Shift-Enter. Format the following paragraphs indented but without
the number. Shift-Enter tells Word that you are continuing the *same*
paragraph. Personally, I'd switch off the justification, too, given that
Word's justification is a typographic obscenity. But that's a separate
issue.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

As Jezebel says, use the related List Continue style instead. There is one
to correspond to each of the List, List Bullet, and List Number styles.

 

[Beth Melton]

I suggest using the method both Suzanne and Jezebel provided but if
you'd rather change the justification behavior of the lines than end
in a manual line bread (Shift + Enter) then go to
Tools/Options/Compatibility and turn on: "Don't expand character
spaces on the line ending in Shift + Return".

Also, while you're there you may want to try turning on "Do full
justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows". It's *much* better
than Word's justification.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can also prevent justification without changing the option by just
adding a tab character at the end of the line (before the line break).