Unfortunately, this is Word's default behavior with numbered items; if you
press Enter after just the number, it evidently thinks you want an
unnumbered empty paragraph. You can type a space (which won't affect the
centering) and then press Enter and the number will remain.
I thought I had used this technique without issue, but I suspect this may
depend on whether or not you have a different style set as the following
style. It's when you get two numbered paragraphs in a row, the first one
empty, that the problem should really arise.
Or it may be that I defined the style after applying it, or went back and
applied it to existing paragraphs (in either of which cases, Enter would not
be involved).
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
"samiam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EA8DE310-FEE0-4D47-B627-(E-Mail Removed)...
> That worked really well except for one thing. For some reason the very
> first
> roman numeral disappears when you hit enter. Yet, if you type something
> after it, then delete that text and hit enter, it will stay.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> In the Bullets and Numbering dialog you'll need to select Outline
>> Numbering
>> rather than Numbering. This gives you some extra options. After selecting
>> the numbering style and creating the number format (if necessary: if you
>> choose the third pane from the left in the List Gallery, you'll get
>> capital
>> roman numerals followed by a period as the default), click the More
>> button
>> and choose "Nothing" for "Follow number with." You'll then be able to
>> apply
>> the Heading 1 style (which you have linked to this level if Word has not
>> already done so) and press Enter. If you have set the style for the body
>> text paragraph as the "Style for following paragraph" in the Heading 1
>> style
>> definition, you'll get this style automatically.
>>
>> Note, by the way that the period you show after the number *is* "text,"
>> but
>> you can delete it from the "Number format" box if you don't want it.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "samiam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:E17F5E61-2F35-4B4A-9742-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I think that makes sense. However, the problem we seem to be having is
>> >that
>> > we cannot get the number with no text after it. When we try to create
>> > a
>> > new
>> > numbering style, it seems to insist on having text after the number,
>> > rather
>> > than just a hard return.
>> >
>> > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You need two separate paragraph styles, one for the numbered "heading"
>> >> (which consists of the number and period only) and one for the
>> >> following
>> >> paragraph.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> >> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> >> Words into Type
>> >> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> >>
>> >> "samiam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:FD6B2051-8506-4D92-A395-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> > We are trying to make a list where the number (with a period) is
>> >> > alone
>> >> > on
>> >> > one
>> >> > line, centered, and the paragraph text starts below, with the first
>> >> > line
>> >> > of
>> >> > text indented .5". Does anyone know how to go about doing this? Here
>> >> > is
>> >> > an
>> >> > example, assuming it doesn't reformat:
>> >> >
>> >> > I.
>> >> >
>> >> > This defendant admits that an incident occurred on or about the
>> >> > time
>> >> > and place alleged in plaintiff's Complaint, but denies that it
>> >> > occurred
>> >> > in
>> >> > the manner alleged in plaintiff's Complaint.
>> >> >
>> >> > II.
>> >> >
>> >> > This defendant admits that an incident occurred on or about the
>> >> > time
>> >> > and place alleged in plaintiff's Complaint, but denies that it
>> >> > occurred
>> >> > in
>> >> > the manner alleged in plaintiff's Complaint.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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