Inconsistencies with Indents on Custom List Styles

[mleach]

The problem I am having deals with understanding how Word recognizes th
“Aligned at:” and “Text Indent at:” fields when they are applied t
different outline levels (Level 1, Level 2, etc.). I created a New Lis
Style yesterday called “YouTube Video Outline”.

The problem is that I am seeing different settings for the same leve
which seems to depend on which level I start at. For example, I ca
start at Level 1, then view settings for Levels 1, 2 and 3 in the Modif
Multilevel List dialog box. Then if I begin at Level 2 and see th
settings for Levels 1, 2 and 3 in the Modify Multilevel List dialog box
those settings are different.
Then if I begin at Level 3 (where the blue box is) and see the setting
for Levels 1, 2 and 3 in the Modify Multilevel List dialog box, thos
settings are also different.

I have a Word file I created with pictures and certain part
highlighted, but the file size exceeds the 19K limit. So I can email
this file to you if you want

 

[Lisa Wilke-Thissen]

Hi,

The problem I am having deals with understanding
how Word recognizes the "Aligned at:" and "Text
Indent at:" fields when they are applied to different
outline levels (Level 1, Level 2, etc.).

"Aligned at" means the position of the number. "Text indent at" is the
hanging indent of the paragraph.

I created a New List Style yesterday called "YouTube Video Outline".

You created a list style as described here:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html ?

The problem is that I am seeing different settings for
the same level which seems to depend on which
level I start at.

You defined numbering for all the levels within the same list style?

 

[mleach]

Hi,
-
The problem I am having deals with understanding
how Word recognizes the "Aligned at:" and "Text
Indent at:" fields when they are applied to different
outline levels (Level 1, Level 2, etc.).-

"Aligned at" means the position of the number. "Text indent at" is the
hanging indent of the paragraph.
-
I created a New List Style yesterday called "YouTube Video Outline".-

You created a list style as described he
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html ?
-
The problem is that I am seeing different settings for
the same level which seems to depend on which
level I start at.-

You defined numbering for all the levels within the same list style?

It seems like you are quoting from my other post. For this post, whe
I hit enter, a bullet doesn't appear on the next line. Not sure why

 

[Lisa Wilke-Thissen]

Hi,

It seems like you are quoting from my other post.

yes. That is the only post I can see from you, and that is the post I
answered to.
May be, your posts are not synchronized correctly by my provider.

I hit enter, a bullet doesn't appear on the next line.
Not sure why?

Please differ: Bullets are not applied to *lines*, they are applied
just to *paragraphs*.
Are you using styles? What style are you using for the bulleted
paragraph? In that style: What is defined as "Style for following
paragraph"?

Which version of Word are you using?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Lisa,

For what it's worth, I've seen this in other threads too: some posts simply
don't turn up in my newsreader. I'm accessing the groups via
news.eternal-september.org. You too?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Lisa Wilke-Thissen" wrote in message

 

[Peter T. Daniels]

Only the one Lisa replied to appears in google groups, also.

 

[Lisa Wilke-Thissen]

Hi Stefan,

"Stefan Blom" schrieb

For what it's worth, I've seen this in other threads
too: some posts simply don't turn up in my newsreader. I'm accessing
the groups via news.eternal-september.org. You too?

I am accessing the groups via news.individual.de. And I am using
Windows Live Mail (don't scold me) as Newsreader.
So it seems not to be a problem of my newsserver, and not a problem of
WLM .
Like you, I also missed some posts in the past.

 

[Stefan Blom]

That's useful information. Thanks!

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Peter T. Daniels" wrote in message

Only the one Lisa replied to appears in google groups, also.

 

[Stefan Blom]

Lisa,

Thank you for that useful piece of information (as I wrote in reply to Peter as
well). The problem definitely isn't limited to a particular news server or to
particular software then...

As far as Windows Live Mail is concerned, I use it myself for the most part. I'm
not entirely happy with it, but the newest version seems more stable. (At work I
use Thunderbird, which I don't like because it doesn't handle HTML as good as
WLM when accessing the MSDN and TechNet forums via the Community Bridge.)

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP




"Lisa Wilke-Thissen" wrote in message
Hi Stefan,

"Stefan Blom" schrieb

For what it's worth, I've seen this in other threads
too: some posts simply don't turn up in my newsreader. I'm accessing the
groups via news.eternal-september.org. You too?

I am accessing the groups via news.individual.de. And I am using
Windows Live Mail (don't scold me) as Newsreader.
So it seems not to be a problem of my newsserver, and not a problem of
WLM .
Like you, I also missed some posts in the past.

 

[Lisa Wilke-Thissen]

Hi,

"mleach" schrieb

[Word 2010]

when I hit enter, a bullet doesn't appear on
the next line. Not sure why?

you applied "Heading 1", "Heading 2", "Heading 3" to your paragraphs.
In each of these styles you will find (when modifying the styles):
"Style for following paragraph: Normal".
So, whenever you create a new paragraph at the end of "Heading #"
paragraphs, the new paragraph will get Normal style. And Normal style
does not include numbering.

 

[Lisa Wilke-Thissen]

Hi,

"mleach" schrieb

[Word 2010]
In your sample document you numbered Headings by using just a
multilevel list - not a list style.
After that you applied your list style ("YouTube Video Outline") to the
Headings.
After removing the list style from the document, and pressing Ctrl + Q,
the Headings will get back their own numbering, which seems to be
similar to your list style.

So far, so bad :-(.
Please, follow the instructions, how to link paragraph styles to list
styles (e. g.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html).
Or use just the list style, to number paragraphs. But don't mix it,
like you did. And for a complex document never use multilevel lists -
use list styles instead.

For your information:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets20072010.html
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/NumberingExplained/TypesOfNumbering/OutlineNumbering.htm
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2007/03/08/the-many-levels-of-lists.aspx
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2009/06/25/multilevel-lists-and-list-styles.aspx
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft...-why-behind-our-styles-and-lists-designs.aspx

The problem I am having deals with understanding how
Word recognizes the "Aligned at:" and "Text Indent at:"
fields when they are applied to different outline levels
(Level 1, Level 2, etc.).

I think, it's clear now, isn't it?

The problem is that I am seeing different settings
for the same level which seems to depend on which
level I start at.

After choosing "List style | modify", the next step is "Format |
Numbering...". In the first dialog box you must not choose anything
different from "Format". Do not choose any other entry in the list
"Apply formatting to" - leave there the entry "Level 1".
Otherwise you will change the indents.