Bullets

[ashtead]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

When I open a new document and bullet a line, the ENTIRE document gets bulleted ... solution anyone?

 

[CyberTaz]

You've managed to have your Normal paragraph style set to "Automatically
Update". Have a look here for the fix:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[ashtead]

I really appreciate your quick response: thanks! Unfortunately the fix doesn't seem to be applicable to Wor for Mac 2008, as the format pane has no 'automatically update' button -- or, if it does, I can't see it!

'ashtead'

 

[John McGhie]

If the style you are looking at is the "Normal" style, the "Automatically
update" button will not be there -- it's there for every other style.

Either way, Bob is correct: your Normal style now has a bullet defined in
its formatting, and you need to use Format>Style>Modify>Numbering... To set
it to "None".

Cheers

I really appreciate your quick response: thanks! Unfortunately the fix doesn't
seem to be applicable to Wor for Mac 2008, as the format pane has no
'automatically update' button -- or, if it does, I can't see it!

'ashtead'

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[ashtead]

Thanks - your replies were v helpful Actually - for the benefit of others who might read this at a future date - there is a twist in this. The Bullet and (number) settings were in fact set to 'None'. Nevertheless (probably as a result of attempts to solve the problem), I noticed that several of the bullet options/symbol choice boxes were displaying "[Bullet] Normal" -- ie somehow the 'Normal' format instruction had become part of the bullet style, and it overrode the general style setting. selecting each symbol box and pressing 'Reset' to the default setting easily and simply solved the problem!

Thanks again.

 

[John McGhie]

That's the one -- an ideal solution.

The Normal style had become "associated" with a List Template that added
bullets to every paragraph in Normal style.

What you did is the perfect cure

In future when you want bullets, use the List Bullet style -- it is intended
to have bullets and it won't give you grief!

Cheers

Thanks - your replies were v helpful Actually - for the benefit of others who
might read this at a future date - there is a twist in this. The Bullet and
(number) settings were in fact set to 'None'. Nevertheless (probably as a
result of attempts to solve the problem), I noticed that several of the bullet
options/symbol choice boxes were displaying "[Bullet] Normal" -- ie somehow
the 'Normal' format instruction had become part of the bullet style, and it
overrode the general style setting. selecting each symbol box and pressing
'Reset' to the default setting easily and simply solved the problem!

Thanks again.

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Don't wait for your answer, click here: http://www.word.mvps.org/

Please reply in the group. Please do NOT email me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP, Word and Word:Mac
Sydney, Australia. mailto:[email protected]