Difference Ctrl-M / Indent button "Winfried Rabenstein" <wrabenstein[ at ]web.de> 06.06.2006 08:48:24 Hi, I always thought that in Word (2003), Ctrl-M was a shortcut to the indent-functionality, also invoked with the indent buttons on the toolbar. However, the behaviour seems to be different: If I create a numbered paragraph, then as the next paragraph a bullet-paragraph, looking like 1. text - text then go back to the first one, and press Ctrl-M, it will move the numbered para. to the right, the bullet-para. stays where it was 1. text - However, when I click on the indent icon of the toolbar, both paragraphs move to the right: 1. text - text Can anybody explain me what exactly happens in these two cases and why??? Thanks, Winfried

Re: Difference Ctrl-M / Indent button "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> 07.06.2006 08:23:14 The difference is that the Increase Indent button indents an entire numbered or bulleted list (for multi-level lists this means changing to a lower numbering level), and the Ctrl+M shortcut indents selected paragraphs. The Word commands executed are ListIndent and Indent, respectively. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Winfried Rabenstein" wrote in message news:1149583704.742441.171110[ at ]j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I always thought that in Word (2003), Ctrl-M was a shortcut to the > indent-functionality, also invoked with the indent buttons on the > toolbar. However, the behaviour seems to be different: > If I create a numbered paragraph, then as the next paragraph a > bullet-paragraph, looking like > 1. text > - text > then go back to the first one, and press Ctrl-M, it will move the > numbered para. to the right, the bullet-para. stays where it was > 1. text > - > However, when I click on the indent icon of the toolbar, both > paragraphs move to the right: > 1. text > - text > Can anybody explain me what exactly happens in these two cases and > why??? > > Thanks, > Winfried >

Re: Difference Ctrl-M / Indent button "Winfried Rabenstein" <wrabenstein[ at ]web.de> 07.06.2006 11:47:43 Thanks, this replies to my question, but creates new ones... What you say is that Ctrl-M only indents paragraphs, whereas the indent buttons should indent the (single-level) list, or change to the next level (in multi-level lists). When I try it, Ctrl-M seems to work as you describe it. However, the indent buttons also change the level if I am in a single level or bullet list (although this kind of list should not have different levels, or should they?) So the question is, what happens in this case? Is the bullet-list transformed in some way to an outline as soon as I try to change the level? Winfried Stefan Blom schrieb: [Quoted Text] > The difference is that the Increase Indent button indents an entire > numbered or bulleted list (for multi-level lists this means changing > to a lower numbering level), and the Ctrl+M shortcut indents selected > paragraphs. The Word commands executed are ListIndent and Indent, > respectively. > > -- > Stefan Blom > Microsoft Word MVP > > > "Winfried Rabenstein" wrote in message > news:1149583704.742441.171110[ at ]j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > Hi, > > > > I always thought that in Word (2003), Ctrl-M was a shortcut to the > > indent-functionality, also invoked with the indent buttons on the > > toolbar. However, the behaviour seems to be different: > > If I create a numbered paragraph, then as the next paragraph a > > bullet-paragraph, looking like > > 1. text > > - text > > then go back to the first one, and press Ctrl-M, it will move the > > numbered para. to the right, the bullet-para. stays where it was > > 1. text > > - > > However, when I click on the indent icon of the toolbar, both > > paragraphs move to the right: > > 1. text > > - text > > Can anybody explain me what exactly happens in these two cases and > > why??? > > > > Thanks, > > Winfried > >

Re: Difference Ctrl-M / Indent button "Luc" <luc.s[ at ]NOTREalpandora.be> 07.06.2006 12:03:23 Winfried, I would advise to have a read here, and brace yourself you're in for a rough ride. http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Winfried Rabenstein" <wrabenstein[ at ]web.de> schreef in bericht news:1149680863.010575.260370[ at ]i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks, this replies to my question, but creates new ones... > > What you say is that Ctrl-M only indents paragraphs, whereas the indent > buttons should indent the (single-level) list, or change to the next > level (in multi-level lists). > > When I try it, Ctrl-M seems to work as you describe it. However, the > indent buttons also change the level if I am in a single level or > bullet list (although this kind of list should not have different > levels, or should they?) So the question is, what happens in this case? > Is the bullet-list transformed in some way to an outline as soon as I > try to change the level? > > Winfried > > > > Stefan Blom schrieb: > >> The difference is that the Increase Indent button indents an entire >> numbered or bulleted list (for multi-level lists this means changing >> to a lower numbering level), and the Ctrl+M shortcut indents selected >> paragraphs. The Word commands executed are ListIndent and Indent, >> respectively. >> >> -- >> Stefan Blom >> Microsoft Word MVP >> >> >> "Winfried Rabenstein" wrote in message >> news:1149583704.742441.171110[ at ]j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> > Hi, >> > >> > I always thought that in Word (2003), Ctrl-M was a shortcut to the >> > indent-functionality, also invoked with the indent buttons on the >> > toolbar. However, the behaviour seems to be different: >> > If I create a numbered paragraph, then as the next paragraph a >> > bullet-paragraph, looking like >> > 1. text >> > - text >> > then go back to the first one, and press Ctrl-M, it will move the >> > numbered para. to the right, the bullet-para. stays where it was >> > 1. text >> > - >> > However, when I click on the indent icon of the toolbar, both >> > paragraphs move to the right: >> > 1. text >> > - text >> > Can anybody explain me what exactly happens in these two cases and >> > why??? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Winfried >> > >

Re: Difference Ctrl-M / Indent button "Stefan Blom" <no.spam[ at ]please.xyz> 07.06.2006 12:41:45 In recent versions of Word, the difference between single-level and multi-level lists seems to be smaller (non-existing?). In the long run, you'd have to set up numbered and bulleted paragraphs with styles. See: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "Winfried Rabenstein" wrote in message news:1149680863.010575.260370[ at ]i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks, this replies to my question, but creates new ones... > > What you say is that Ctrl-M only indents paragraphs, whereas the indent > buttons should indent the (single-level) list, or change to the next > level (in multi-level lists). > > When I try it, Ctrl-M seems to work as you describe it. However, the > indent buttons also change the level if I am in a single level or > bullet list (although this kind of list should not have different > levels, or should they?) So the question is, what happens in this case? > Is the bullet-list transformed in some way to an outline as soon as I > try to change the level? > > Winfried > > > > Stefan Blom schrieb: > > > The difference is that the Increase Indent button indents an entire > > numbered or bulleted list (for multi-level lists this means changing > > to a lower numbering level), and the Ctrl+M shortcut indents selected > > paragraphs. The Word commands executed are ListIndent and Indent, > > respectively. > > > > -- > > Stefan Blom > > Microsoft Word MVP > > > > > > "Winfried Rabenstein" wrote in message > > news:1149583704.742441.171110[ at ]j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > > Hi, > > > > > > I always thought that in Word (2003), Ctrl-M was a shortcut to the > > > indent-functionality, also invoked with the indent buttons on the > > > toolbar. However, the behaviour seems to be different: > > > If I create a numbered paragraph, then as the next paragraph a > > > bullet-paragraph, looking like > > > 1. text > > > - text > > > then go back to the first one, and press Ctrl-M, it will move the > > > numbered para. to the right, the bullet-para. stays where it was > > > 1. text > > > - > > > However, when I click on the indent icon of the toolbar, both > > > paragraphs move to the right: > > > 1. text > > > - text > > > Can anybody explain me what exactly happens in these two cases and > > > why??? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Winfried > > > >