Indents change when restart numbering on bullets (Word 2007)

[Lisa]

How do I get Word to stop changing the indents on my bulleted lists when I
restart the numbering? So far, the only way I know to fix this is to manually
move the indent back, because when I re-apply the style, the indent jumps to
the left. I've had this problem in Word 2003 as well.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you defined the indent as part of the numbering rather than part of the
paragraph formatting?

 

[Lisa]

I don't see where I can adjust the indent in the Bullets/numbering menu. I
have it defined in the Paragraph menu, but when I set the bullet/number, Word
either changes my settings in that menu, or it changes the indent, even if it
doesn't indicate a change in my Paragraph menu settings.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you using a specific bulleted style for these paragraphs? Find some
information in http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/NumberAlignment2007.htm

 

[dbaker]

Susan, I'm having the same result, same complaint. I've used MS Word since... OK, about 20 years, and I am definitely a 90% power user. The answers just don't do it, they don't point to something I can do that works. There is a second part of this: If I turn my back on the doc (close it, come back later) the indents have their own mind. I can see where the tabs are, they are correct, but not the indents. If I apply the style, then the particular list item I numbered does shape up but not the others. I must provide a context: I don't just finish documents. I work with documents - "templates/models" or not - that engineers will use. I have observed that these indents go flakey for them too. I have been to the link you last referenced, and it was well written; I had high hopes. But still doesn't match the setup options available.