This is huge, than you so much.
--
Robert Grunwald, MD, PhD
Department of Neurological Oncology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
"Stefan Blom" wrote:
> After some testing I've concluded that the behavior of the BackSpace key is
> slightly different depending on how you created the multilevel list. If you
> created it by clicking the Bullet button, backspacing deletes the bullet; on the
> other hand, if you created it as a multilevel list (of bullets), backspacing
> "outdents" the list.
>
> Use Tab and Shift+Tab instead; those commands behave the same no matter how you
> created the multilevel list.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
> (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com)
>
>
>
> "RGrunwald" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:400088EA-E909-4580-B01C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Stefan,
> >
> > First off, thank you so much for responding.
> >
> > The set left indent... option was clicked... and that makes sense, since it
> > NORMALLY lets me move back an indent when I hit backspace... but just now,
> > for instance, it started deleted the bullets when I hit backspace... and I
> > can't seem to get it to stop, no matter what I do... I need to manually hit
> > the back-indent button to get it to move back. Tab still works to move the
> > bullet forward-indent, though.
> >
> > Do you have any ideas here? Thank you so much again
> > --
> > Robert Grunwald, MD, PhD
> > Department of Neurological Oncology
> > David Geffen School of Medicine
> > University of California, Los Angeles
> >
> >
> >
> > "Stefan Blom" wrote:
> >
> >> Make sure that the "Set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces"
> >> option
> >> is selected in the AutoCorrect dialog box.
> >>
> >> To display the dialog, click Office button | Word Options. In the Proofing
> >> category, click the AutoCorrect Options button. You'll find the option on the
> >> AutoFormat As You Type tab.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Stefan Blom
> >> Microsoft Word MVP
> >> (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "RGrunwald" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:BC8E7D6B-359F-4925-A066-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I write a lot of lecture outlines in MS Word using bullets. It works
> >> > extremely well, however, the funniest thing happens and I'd love to be able
> >> > to stop it.
> >> >
> >> > Everything will work great for a time:
> >> >
> >> > When I press tab, the bullet will indent one tab forward.
> >> > When I press backspace, the bullet will de-indent one tab backward.
> >> >
> >> > ... then, all of the sudden, without any purposeful doing on my part:
> >> >
> >> > When I press tab, the bullet will indent one tab forward.
> >> > However, when I press backspace, it deletes the bullet.
> >> >
> >> > ... and this continues for the rest of the document and I can't seem to
> >> > resolve it (i.e. get it to go back to de-indenting my bullet instead of
> >> > deleting it when I press back space).
> >> >
> >> > If anybody could offer up any solution to this, it would mean a great deal.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you kindly.
> >> > --
> >> > Robert Grunwald, MD, PhD
> >> > Department of Neurological Oncology
> >> > David Geffen School of Medicine
> >> > University of California, Los Angeles
> >> >
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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