Alignment - can someone please help

[Guest]

I am formatting an exam and need all the lines of question 1. to align on the
left., then all the lines of choice a. to line up, choice b., and so on. Then
2. to line up with 1. My ruler is so cluttered with tabs and I've tried
various indents, and I just can't get it. And if the multiple choice b. is
multi-lined, then I need those line to be indented and lined up again!
Picture an exam that you may have taken in college. Can someone tell me what
I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Pemo]

I am formatting an exam and need all the lines of question 1. to align on the
left., then all the lines of choice a. to line up, choice b., and so on. Then
2. to line up with 1. My ruler is so cluttered with tabs and I've tried
various indents, and I just can't get it. And if the multiple choice b. is
multi-lined, then I need those line to be indented and lined up again!
Picture an exam that you may have taken in college. Can someone tell me what
I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

Format | Styles. Edit (or create new) Style that includes specifications
for desired font, size, indent, spacing, number style, etc.

Do this for the question stem (using numbering style 1. 2. etc.,
positioned (say) at the left margin) and also for the response choices
(using numbering style a. b. c. d. etc., positioned (say) 1.5cm from
left margin).

Substitute the corresponding weird and archaic inch thingy if that obscure
and obfuscatory system of measurement is what you use.

Be prepared for some unexpected effects. Word is an absolute dog with
alternating numbering styles. If you want simplicity and perfect behaviour,
use WordPerfect instead.

Pemo

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you set up outline numbering correctly according to
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, it is
virtually unbreakable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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