Hi Jeff
I'm afraid you are likely to remain puzzled (at best - screaming mad is
another likely scenario) if you use the Bullets and Numbering dialog or the
standard buttons to apply bullets and numbering.
The button applies the current 'default' numbering or bulleting format
scheme. This is probably the last one you used, but not always, and it
certainly isn't guaranteed to be the same on different machines, in
different Word sessions, or after changes via the B&N dialog.
You don't say what Word version you are using, but the B&N and Customize
dialogs may make settings that you can't see (notably, Word 97 - not sure
about 2000 - didn't include separate tab and hanging indent settings for
single-level lists, but recording a macro will reveal Word often sets 0.63
tab position 'by itself').
The best solution to stay sane is to use styles to apply bullets and
numbering. For more information see Shauna Kelly's site, especially
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html
If you really want to know more about some of the madder aspects of B&N,
read John McGhie's article
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
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http://www.mvps.org/word
"Jeff Layman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> I am puzzled by the behaviour of bullets & numbering with respect to
> "aligned at", "tab after", and "indent at".
>
> I start with a clean new document, simply formatted - A4 page, 2.5 cm
> borders left & right, alignment left, indentation left 0 cm, right 0 cm.
> Then I use Format | Bullets & Numbering | Numbered, & select first box to
> right of "None". Then press "OK". I get a "1." and 1 cm tab, exactly as
I
> have set up. "Reveal Formatting" for "Bullets & Numbering" informs me I
> have Alignment left, "Aligned at" 0 cm, "Tab after" 1 cm, and "Indent at"
1
> cm. It also informs me that Paragraph formatting is Alignment left, and
> Indentation is Left 0 cm, Hanging 1 cm, Right 0 cm. Tabs are 1 cm, List
> tab. In the "Style" box on the formatting toolbar is "Numbered, Left: 0
> cm, Hanging: 1 cm".
>
> Now I start with another clean new document, formatted as before, and
click
> on the "Numbering" button in the Formatting toolbar. I get a "1." as
> before, but the placement has changed. "Reveal formatting" for "Bullets &
> Numbering" informs me I have Alignment left, "Aligned at" 0.63 cm, "Tab
> after" 1.27 cm, and "Indent at" 1.27 cm! It also informs me that
Paragraph
> formatting has changed to Alignment left, and Indentation is Left 0.63 cm,
> Hanging 0.63 cm, Right 0 cm. Tabs are 1.27 cm, List tab. In the "Style"
box
> on the formatting toolbar is "Numbered, Left: 0.63 cm, Hanging: 0.63
cm".
>
> One other point; if I use the formatting menu to start B & N, type a few
> numbered points, switch off B & N (with the toolbar button), type some
> ordinary paragraphs, then start B & N again, I get the "menu-type"
> formatting whether I choose the menu or the toolbar button! However, if I
> start off B & N with the toolbar button, continue as above, and restart B
&
> N, with the toolbar button I get the toolbar formatting, but with the menu
> selection I get the menu-type formatting.
>
> Why does the toolbar button behave differently from the menu selection? I
> always thought that the buttons were shortcuts to menu items or macros.
> Although formatting problems with B & N are covered in "Troubleshooting B
&
> N" in Help, this one doesn't appear to be.
>
> TIA
>
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> Jeff
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