List numbering in Word

[Thomas J. Gould]

I never made a list that exceeded 99.

On my first foray beyond 99 (1-135), I find that when you go from 99 to 100
a tab is added, lining the text up about 6 spaces to the right.

How do you get the text to line up for all numbers?

I¹ve been playing around with this on and off and can¹t seem to solve the
problem.

Hope to have answer soon, paper due Monday.

Thanks,

Tom Gould

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Tom -

Not sure exactly what you¹ve been ³playing around with², but this is how I
would handle it.

Select the list, then go to Format>Bullets & Numbering. Click the Customize
button and set the Tab Space After value in the Text Position section to
something greater than the default. If any of your list items is more than
one line, set the Indent At value to match.

The default settings are based on .5² increments (default tabs) - not spaces
­ and the 3rd digit takes the number beyond the .5² tab stop so the text for
#100+ gets pushed to the 1² tab stop. You could adjust by changing to a
narrower font and/or smaller font size, but that isn¹t usually desirable.
You can also try to make the adjustment on the Ruler, which is a bit
cumbersome... Perhaps that is what you¹ve been trying to do. Yet another
consideration is to reset the .25² Aligned At value for the Number Position
to 0² to make them flush with the left margin, which would free up space
between the numbers & the text.

HTH |:>)

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Tom:

It hasn't "added" a tab, the problem is that YOU *haven't* added a tab

If you do not do this, Word falls back on the default tabs: which are set
every half inch unless you changed them (because they're all inherited from
Normal style).

When Word generates numbering, it always follows the generated number with a
tab, unless you defined your numbering format not to do this. If your
number is too long to fit between the margin and the tab, Word places the
following text on the next available default tab setting.

You should apply list numbering using a STYLE. Define your list numbering
into a stye, then apply the style to the text.

When you are setting up the style, customise the numbering to set the left
margin, tab setting, and left indent to match and to allow room for your
generated number.

Then customise the TAB setting in the style to match your left indent.

This is all nicely explained by Shauna Kelly here:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/index.html

You can save yourself a lot of time by reading that

Cheers

I never made a list that exceeded 99.

On my first foray beyond 99 (1-135), I find that when you go from 99 to 100
a tab is added, lining the text up about 6 spaces to the right.

How do you get the text to line up for all numbers?

I¹ve been playing around with this on and off and can¹t seem to solve the
problem.

Hope to have answer soon, paper due Monday.

Thanks,

Tom Gould

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