Bulleting cascades in Word 2007

[KL]

I'm typing notes in an outline style using bullets. Normally I can start a
bulleted line ,enter to go to the next line and tab so the bullet moves over
and changes to another style bullet. The problem now is that I start notes on
one bulleted line, hit enter and tab, HOWEVER the bullet doesn't move over,
the cursor does. I've tried a million things to fix this and it doesn't seem
to work. Any suggestions?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Do the following: Click the Office button, and then click Word Options. In
the Proofing category, click the AutoCorrect Options button. On the
AutoFormat As You Type tab, make sure to check the "Set left- and
first-indent with tabs and backspaces" and click OK twice.

 

[KL]

thanks that helped a lot. do you know a way that I can default set the second
bullet level to be closer in without having to move it every time? The second
level and on goes in a nice cascade. It is just set off from the first level.
Is there a way to reformat the bullet list to start over so everything is
right?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Set up a multilevel list style with the desired bullet symbol for each
level: On the Home tab, click Multilevel List, and then click Define New
List Style. In the dialog box, type a name for the list style. Click the
Format button, and then click Numbering. Click the More button so that you
can see all options. For each level, choose the desired settings for
indentation. To choose a bullet symbol for each level, click "New Bullet" in
the "Number style for this level" box.

Although it was written for Word 2003, you may find the article at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html useful for
assistance with the options of the dialog box.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Shauna also has an article specifically about bullets:
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html

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