Want to go back to default in bulleting and numbers

[Andrew Podore]

MS Word 2003 (Professional)

I have managed to alter the default Word bulleted list format. My
goal is to reset the bulleted list format so that when I enter text
after a bullet, press enter, and press tab, the bullet automatically
indents and changes to the next bulleted format. Right now after I
press enter and tab, the text indents, but the bullet remains ,left-
justified (it does not indent the bullet and change the bullet
shape).

Because I changed the default settings, now to get the bullet to
indent right I have to use my mouse and click on the "Increase Indent"
button and to get it to indent left I have to use the "Decrease
Indent" button. Before when I clicked "tab," the bullet indented, and
when i clicked "shift + tab" the indent decreased (moved left). I
want to go back to this!!

I have been through the different ways to change bullets and bulleted
lists, but I can't seem to figure out how to tell Word that upon
pressing indent I want to change to the next bullet format in the
bulleted list.

Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

 

[CyberTaz]

Based on my understanding you should be able to restore what you're looking
for if you go to Tools> AutoCorrect - AutoFormat As You Type % check the
box for "Automatic bulleted lists". If that doesn't fix it use this link to
access the Win Office newsgroups - this one is for the Mac flavors;

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/FlyoutOverview.mspx

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Andrew:

To do the full job, this becomes a very long answer. Since I am on the
train on the way to work, I won't have time for it all!

First, visit Shauna Kelly's website and look up Bullets and Numbering. You
need to understand how the mechanism works.

Now, let's hit the high points:

* There is no such thing as "Default" bullets or numbering.

* Relying on Autocorrect or pressing the "Bullets" button on the Formatting
toolbar, guarantees a life of frequent entertainment and excitement ‹
because the format that will be used by either of those is "The one most
recently used in that document".

* To get this to work properly (in any versions of Word later than 2002)
you MUST create a List Style (i.e. A style of type LIST).

* A List Style is simply a numbering format we have given a name to. To
Word, Bullets and Numbering are the same thing, the only difference is that
Word does not attempt to increment the bullet character it generates. On
Shauna's pages, she refers to a "List Template" ‹ a List Style is simply the
name we give to a List Template.

* A List Style has nine "levels".

* Each level should have a paragraph style defined into it, to provide the
text formatting for the paragraph. In your case, you should use List Bullet
through to List Bullet 9. The first four are built-in, you will need to
create the others if you need them.

* You need to define into the List Style the bullet or numbering format you
want to use for each of the nine levels.

Now, when you want multi-level bullets, apply the List Style to the first
paragraph.

That will work the way you want it, stable and reliable, forever

Sorry: Here's my station, gotta go!

MS Word 2003 (Professional)

I have managed to alter the default Word bulleted list format. My
goal is to reset the bulleted list format so that when I enter text
after a bullet, press enter, and press tab, the bullet automatically
indents and changes to the next bulleted format. Right now after I
press enter and tab, the text indents, but the bullet remains ,left-
justified (it does not indent the bullet and change the bullet
shape).

Because I changed the default settings, now to get the bullet to
indent right I have to use my mouse and click on the "Increase Indent"
button and to get it to indent left I have to use the "Decrease
Indent" button. Before when I clicked "tab," the bullet indented, and
when i clicked "shift + tab" the indent decreased (moved left). I
want to go back to this!!

I have been through the different ways to change bullets and bulleted
lists, but I can't seem to figure out how to tell Word that upon
pressing indent I want to change to the next bullet format in the
bulleted list.

Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

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