Styles that inherit

[Lighthouse]

Is it possible in Word to define styles that inherit margins from the
paragraph that precedes? IOW, I would like to define, say "Bullet" to
indent 0.2 in from the left of the margin, with "margin" being defined
by the style of the previous paragraph. "Bullet" therefore is always
indented 0.2" in from whatever is above it. TIA

 

[Jonathan West]

Is it possible in Word to define styles that inherit margins from the
paragraph that precedes? IOW, I would like to define, say "Bullet" to
indent 0.2 in from the left of the margin, with "margin" being defined
by the style of the previous paragraph. "Bullet" therefore is always
indented 0.2" in from whatever is above it. TIA

No, you can't do that. Think for a moment what would happen if you had
several consecutive paragraphs of the same style, where the style was
defined as being indented 0.2" relative to the paragraph above.

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[Lighthouse]

Yeah, I see what you mean, but I was thinking of how html/css handles
it--specifically with <ol> or <ul>--your list of bullets, <li>'s are
"wrapped" inside a block defined by the list tag. The reason that this
interests me is b/c I'm using a single source tool that outputs my
content in html and into Word. My bullets inherit in html but not in
Word, meaning that I need to redefine my styles so that they don't
inherit in html so that my output remains consistent. That forces me
into the "Bullet", "Bullet2", "Bullet3" rather than just using
"Bullet." If I had my druthers, "Bullet" would know to indent itself
properly depending on its context. I suppose I could create a macro
that does this, but...
anyway, I'm just mumbling here (not quite energetic enough for a
full-on rant right now). thanks for listening.