Automatic indenting of bulleted/numbered paragraphs

[OfficeAnimal]

I am using MSOffice 2007 under XP.

I have set up a template in MSWord which included three, cascading, bulleted paragraph styles. "Bulleted One" is specified as:
left indent = 0cm
hanging = 0.3cm
tab = 0.3cm.

The other two successively indent by 0.3cm.

The problem: when I open a new document using my template and use "Bulleted One" it has been granted a left indent of 0.63cm and the hanging margin is now also 0.63cm. The other bulleted styles (based on "Bulleted One") are simplarly affected. I correct "Bulleted One" and they fall back into line.

The Question: can I stop MSWord changing the indent and hanging margin I have set.

 

[tf1]

Bullet List style settings take precedence over paragraph formatting. I'm guessing that you have changed the paragraph indents whereas you need to change the bullet style indent settings for it to stick.


Regards: Terry

 

[OfficeAnimal]

I set the paragraph indents and the tab when I created the style(s). As such, the indents etc. I want should be written into the style itself -- shouldn't they?

 

[tf1]

Well if you select the style with the incorrectly aligned bullet indent and use Format Style to examine the settings, does it show the indent as displayed or as you set it?

Are there any errant tabs stops listed?



Regards: Terry

 

[OfficeAnimal]

The plot thickens.

One template I have used for years (was written using MSW07) produces the errant bulleted paragraph result. The settings are as displayed, not as set.

Template I have written over the past few days (which have shown this annoying behaviour) are now behaving themselves. I have to admit, I am absolutely stunned with this one. MS surprises again!

In neither case are there errant tab stops.

 

[Markus4]

Hi Office-Animal,

AFAIK Word behaves like you described since Word 97.*

So when creating a style:
1. create the automatic bulleting/numbering
2. go back to paragraph format, check the indents (should be OK), and then go to to tabs: a new tab (usually at 1/2", .63cm) has appeared
3. adjust tabstops:
- Delete the unwanted tabstop at .63cm
- set a new tabstop at the indent you want

The reason is automatic behaviour in Word. E.g.: you indent a paragraph by .7cm. Even though the standard tabstop width would be set to 1.25cm, pressing the tab key in the first .7cms of the first line of such a paragraph would result* in a tabstop at .7cm.**

When you apply autmatic bulleting/numbering (whether via style or directly) to a paragraph, a tabstop (usually at .63cm) is added to the paragraph format (whether style or directly).

When applying this paragraph format: automatic bulleting/numbering adds an automatic tab after the bullet/number. But to Word the first known tabstop in the paragraph format is the one added by the automatic bulleting/numbering. So the first line "shoots" over the paragraph indent you want.

Regards,

Markus
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* I have positively no idea why.
** Even more strange to me is that this tabstop is not shown in the ruler.

 

[OfficeAnimal]

Great
Thanks