Just more frustration with Word 2007 and its organization. In old Word we
used to be able to customize bullets so that for example, using a bullet in a
table wouldn't take up half the cell space because of preset alignments. Now,
it appears we cannot change and set new alignments (indents, etc.). After
wasting more than 45 minutes trying to figure it out yet another old
function, there seems to be no way to do this anymore. Please note:
1) I've already done the "define new bullet" option in the Paragraph group
but it doesn't let you change indentation.
2) You can change using the ruler above but that doesn't save the changes
for the rest of the cells, only the cell you're working in which means you
have to re-set it in every single cell.
So, if anyone has any suggestions besides those two, I'd like to hear them.
Please. Before I resort to old Word.

Change the Style used for the table cell.

On Jan 17, 7:38*pm, cllr8586 <cllr8...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Just more frustration with Word 2007 and its organization. In old Word we
> used to be able to customize bullets so that for example, using a bullet in a
> table wouldn't take up half the cell space because of preset alignments. Now,
> it appears we cannot change and set new alignments (indents, etc.). After
> wasting more than 45 minutes trying to figure it out yet another old
> function, there seems to be no way to do this anymore. Please note:
> 1) I've already done the "define new bullet" option in the Paragraph group
> but it doesn't let you change indentation.
> 2) You can change using the ruler above but that doesn't save the changes
> for the rest of the cells, only the cell you're working in which means you
> have to re-set it in every single cell.
> So, if anyone has any suggestions besides those two, I'd like to hear them.
> Please. Before I resort to old Word.

It doesn't give me that option. I cannot make my own "changes" they are all
preset.

"grammatim" wrote:

> Change the Style used for the table cell.
>
> On Jan 17, 7:38 pm, cllr8586 <cllr8...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > Just more frustration with Word 2007 and its organization. In old Word we
> > used to be able to customize bullets so that for example, using a bullet in a
> > table wouldn't take up half the cell space because of preset alignments. Now,
> > it appears we cannot change and set new alignments (indents, etc.). After
> > wasting more than 45 minutes trying to figure it out yet another old
> > function, there seems to be no way to do this anymore. Please note:
> > 1) I've already done the "define new bullet" option in the Paragraph group
> > but it doesn't let you change indentation.
> > 2) You can change using the ruler above but that doesn't save the changes
> > for the rest of the cells, only the cell you're working in which means you
> > have to re-set it in every single cell.
> > So, if anyone has any suggestions besides those two, I'd like to hear them.
> > Please. Before I resort to old Word.
>
>

What doesn't give you that option? Unless this is a protected form (or the
document is protected in some other way), you should be able to change the
style of any paragraph.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"cllr8586" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:75411BAA-9042-4193-9F73-(E-Mail Removed)...
> It doesn't give me that option. I cannot make my own "changes" they are
> all
> preset.
>
> "grammatim" wrote:
>
>> Change the Style used for the table cell.
>>
>> On Jan 17, 7:38 pm, cllr8586 <cllr8...@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Just more frustration with Word 2007 and its organization. In old Word
>> > we
>> > used to be able to customize bullets so that for example, using a
>> > bullet in a
>> > table wouldn't take up half the cell space because of preset
>> > alignments. Now,
>> > it appears we cannot change and set new alignments (indents, etc.).
>> > After
>> > wasting more than 45 minutes trying to figure it out yet another old
>> > function, there seems to be no way to do this anymore. Please note:
>> > 1) I've already done the "define new bullet" option in the Paragraph
>> > group
>> > but it doesn't let you change indentation.
>> > 2) You can change using the ruler above but that doesn't save the
>> > changes
>> > for the rest of the cells, only the cell you're working in which means
>> > you
>> > have to re-set it in every single cell.
>> > So, if anyone has any suggestions besides those two, I'd like to hear
>> > them.
>> > Please. Before I resort to old Word.
>>
>>
>

Observe my deiliberate ambiguity: apply a different Style, or Modify
the existing Style.

On Jan 18, 10:02*am, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:
> What doesn't give you that option? Unless this is a protected form (or the
> document is protected in some other way), you should be able to change the
> style of any paragraph.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org
>
> "cllr8586" <cllr8...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:75411BAA-9042-4193-9F73-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>
>
> > It doesn't give me that option. I cannot make my own "changes" they are
> > all
> > preset.
>
> > "grammatim" wrote:
>
> >> Change the Style used for the table cell.
>
> >> On Jan 17, 7:38 pm, cllr8586 <cllr8...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Just more frustration with Word 2007 and its organization. In old Word
> >> > we
> >> > used to be able to customize bullets so that for example, using a
> >> > bullet in a
> >> > table wouldn't take up half the cell space because of preset
> >> > alignments. Now,
> >> > it appears we cannot change and set new alignments (indents, etc.).
> >> > After
> >> > wasting more than 45 minutes trying to figure it out yet another old
> >> > function, there seems to be no way to do this anymore. Please note:
> >> > 1) I've already done the "define new bullet" option in the Paragraph
> >> > group
> >> > but it doesn't let you change indentation.
> >> > 2) You can change using the ruler above but that doesn't save the
> >> > changes
> >> > for the rest of the cells, only the cell you're working in which means
> >> > you
> >> > have to re-set it in every single cell.
> >> > So, if anyone has any suggestions besides those two, I'd like to hear
> >> > them.
> >> > Please. Before I resort to old Word.-

If this is single-level numbering and you want to change the indentation for
the list, right-click and choose Adjust List Indents from the context menu.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"cllr8586" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:75411BAA-9042-4193-9F73-(E-Mail Removed)...
> It doesn't give me that option. I cannot make my own "changes" they are
> all
> preset.
>
> "grammatim" wrote:
>
>> Change the Style used for the table cell.
>>
>> On Jan 17, 7:38 pm, cllr8586 <cllr8...@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Just more frustration with Word 2007 and its organization. In old Word
>> > we
>> > used to be able to customize bullets so that for example, using a
>> > bullet in a
>> > table wouldn't take up half the cell space because of preset
>> > alignments. Now,
>> > it appears we cannot change and set new alignments (indents, etc.).
>> > After
>> > wasting more than 45 minutes trying to figure it out yet another old
>> > function, there seems to be no way to do this anymore. Please note:
>> > 1) I've already done the "define new bullet" option in the Paragraph
>> > group
>> > but it doesn't let you change indentation.
>> > 2) You can change using the ruler above but that doesn't save the
>> > changes
>> > for the rest of the cells, only the cell you're working in which means
>> > you
>> > have to re-set it in every single cell.
>> > So, if anyone has any suggestions besides those two, I'd like to hear
>> > them.
>> > Please. Before I resort to old Word.
>>
>>