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Stefan: Thanks so much for your response.
I am so frustrated with Word 2007. I am very familiar with creating and
using styles in Word 2003, following Shana Kelly's advise, but I am still
confused with styles in 2007.
Well, there's certainly a learning curve...
When I modify a Multilevel style in the Styles Pane, the type is
Paragraph,
and the List type is not an option, like it is when creating a style.
Therefore I do not have access to change the indenting of the list. If I
change the indent, it only appplies to Level 1. Level 2-9 remain indented
as
originally defined and I cannot change it.
Yes, this is a big difference in Word 2007: you can no longer use the Modify
Style dialog box for a *paragraph* style to edit a multilevel
(outline-numbered) list. Instead, you have to modify the list style or, for
a list which was not created via a list style, by placing the insertion
point in a top-level numbered item and then clicking Home tab | Multilevel
List | Define New Multilevel List. You can still see any attached paragraph
styles by clicking the More button in the Define New Multilevel List dialog
box (compare this dialog box to the Customize Outline Numbered List dialog
of Word 97-2003; see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html).
I am also confused by the new MultiLevel "List Library" and "List Styles"
that appear to be different from the Styles Pane List. What is th
difference
between the Styles in the Styles Pane, the List Library and List styles?
And
more importantly, when should each be used? Maybe I am just not using
these
3 functions correctly.
The "List Library" corresponds to the built-in lists found in the Format |
Bullets and Numbering dialog box of previous versions. Unfortunately, none
of these built-in lists are created as list styles, and only a few of them
are attached to styles. <sigh>
"List Styles" are your custom list styles; they appear under Home tab |
Multilevel List once they have been created in a document.
The Styles pane is different from the Styles and Formatting pane in Word
2002/2003. Even if you display all styles in the Styles pane, you still
can't see list styles (or table styles). I believe the purpose of this is to
limit the number of entries shown, and I agree that it is confusing.
Note, however, that if you click the Manage Styles button on the Styles
pane, and then click the Edit tab, you'll find the list styles there. Click
the Modify button if you want to modify the selected style (list style or
any other type of style).
You cannot apply a style via the Manage Styles dialog box, though.
Instead, when you want to apply a list style to text, use the "List Styles"
category found at Home tab | Multilevel List. You can also right-click a
list style here and choose to Modify it (which is a different way to bring
up the Modify Style dialog box).
Note that the safest way to make use of numbered lists in Word 2007 is to
create them as list styles, and link each numbering level to styles, all of
which can be done via the Modify Style dialog box (in the dialog box, click
the Format button, and then click Numbering).