Word changed Num. List from No Style to based on Normal

[Bothell writer]

I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's
instructions in
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html.

At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now
when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is
set to Normal.

Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went
through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based
each subsequent level on the prior level.

I appreciate any clarification.

 

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

Which style are you talking about?

I suspect it was a finger-slip on your part. Generally when you set a style
"based on" No Style, it stays set.

But there are other things that can muck it up. You're not using List
Styles, are you? You didn't copy text from a different document did you?
You have not set "Automatically update styles on open" in your
Tools>Templates and Add-ins>Attach, have you?

Cheers

I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's
instructions in
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html.

At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now
when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is
set to Normal.

Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went
through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based
each subsequent level on the prior level.

I appreciate any clarification.

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Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Bothell writer]

John,
I am using List Styles, which is to say that I'm setting up numbered
list styles based on Shauna's instructions in
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, where
I define all my levels of numbered list styles in the Outline Numbering
Customize dialog box.

Nix to the other two.
Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That's not the same thing as List Styles, which are created/applied on the
List Styles tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialog, not the Outline
Numbered tab that you are presumably using.

 

[Bothell writer]

Suzanne,
Thanks for the clarification. I am using the Outline Numbered tab in
the Bullets and Numbering dialog box. I am defining my list styles
there, rather than using the List Styles tab in that dialog box.

 

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

Thanks: That's one of the things we needed to know. A style of type "List"
overrides styles of type "Paragraph".

So if you had been using a List Style, that would have explained why your
paragraph style definitions had suddenly gone bad. That's not the case.

Check my other suggestions: it may be one of those. If it isn't, it may be
a corrupt document.

Cheers

Suzanne,
Thanks for the clarification. I am using the Outline Numbered tab in
the Bullets and Numbering dialog box. I am defining my list styles
there, rather than using the List Styles tab in that dialog box.

That's not the same thing as List Styles, which are created/applied on the
List Styles tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialog, not the Outline
Numbered tab that you are presumably using.

John,
I am using List Styles, which is to say that I'm setting up numbered
list styles based on Shauna's instructions in
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, where
I define all my levels of numbered list styles in the Outline Numbering
Customize dialog box.

Nix to the other two.
Thanks!

John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote:
Which style are you talking about?

I suspect it was a finger-slip on your part. Generally when you set a style
"based on" No Style, it stays set.

But there are other things that can muck it up. You're not using List
Styles, are you? You didn't copy text from a different document did you?
You have not set "Automatically update styles on open" in your
Tools>Templates and Add-ins>Attach, have you?

Cheers


On 7/9/06 2:26 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "Bothell writer"

I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's
instructions in
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html.

At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now
when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is
set to Normal.

Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went
through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based
each subsequent level on the prior level.

I appreciate any clarification.


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John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

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John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410