Word changed Num. List from No Style to based on Normal "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> 06.09.2006 16:26:55 I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's instructions in http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is set to Normal. Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based each subsequent level on the prior level. I appreciate any clarification.

Re: Word changed Num. List from No Style to based on Normal "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john[ at ]mcghie.name> 08.09.2006 10:16:37 Which style are you talking about? I suspect it was a finger-slip on your part. Generally when you set a style "based on" No Style, it stays set. But there are other things that can muck it up. You're not using List Styles, are you? You didn't copy text from a different document did you? You have not set "Automatically update styles on open" in your Tools>Templates and Add-ins>Attach, have you? Cheers On 7/9/06 2:26 AM, in article 1157560015.146876.175210[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's > instructions in > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. > > At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now > when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is > set to Normal. > > Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went > through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based > each subsequent level on the prior level. > > I appreciate any clarification. > -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

Re: Word changed Num. List from No Style to based on Normal "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> 08.09.2006 17:28:35 John, I am using List Styles, which is to say that I'm setting up numbered list styles based on Shauna's instructions in http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, where I define all my levels of numbered list styles in the Outline Numbering Customize dialog box. Nix to the other two. Thanks! John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote: [Quoted Text] > Which style are you talking about? > > I suspect it was a finger-slip on your part. Generally when you set a style > "based on" No Style, it stays set. > > But there are other things that can muck it up. You're not using List > Styles, are you? You didn't copy text from a different document did you? > You have not set "Automatically update styles on open" in your > Tools>Templates and Add-ins>Attach, have you? > > Cheers > > > On 7/9/06 2:26 AM, in article > 1157560015.146876.175210[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Bothell writer" > <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: > > > I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's > > instructions in > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. > > > > At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now > > when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is > > set to Normal. > > > > Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went > > through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based > > each subsequent level on the prior level. > > > > I appreciate any clarification. > > > > -- > > Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email > me unless I ask you to. > > John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> > Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer > Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

Re: Word changed Num. List from No Style to based on Normal "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 08.09.2006 19:37:11 That's not the same thing as List Styles, which are created/applied on the List Styles tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialog, not the Outline Numbered tab that you are presumably using. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1157736515.923851.184260[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > John, > I am using List Styles, which is to say that I'm setting up numbered > list styles based on Shauna's instructions in > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, where > I define all my levels of numbered list styles in the Outline Numbering > Customize dialog box. > > Nix to the other two. > Thanks! > > John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote: > > Which style are you talking about? > > > > I suspect it was a finger-slip on your part. Generally when you set a style > > "based on" No Style, it stays set. > > > > But there are other things that can muck it up. You're not using List > > Styles, are you? You didn't copy text from a different document did you? > > You have not set "Automatically update styles on open" in your > > Tools>Templates and Add-ins>Attach, have you? > > > > Cheers > > > > > > On 7/9/06 2:26 AM, in article > > 1157560015.146876.175210[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Bothell writer" > > <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's > > > instructions in > > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and > > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. > > > > > > At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now > > > when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is > > > set to Normal. > > > > > > Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went > > > through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based > > > each subsequent level on the prior level. > > > > > > I appreciate any clarification. > > > > > > > -- > > > > Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email > > me unless I ask you to. > > > > John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> > > Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer > > Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 >

Re: Word changed Num. List from No Style to based on Normal "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> 09.09.2006 03:27:46 Suzanne, Thanks for the clarification. I am using the Outline Numbered tab in the Bullets and Numbering dialog box. I am defining my list styles there, rather than using the List Styles tab in that dialog box. Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: [Quoted Text] > That's not the same thing as List Styles, which are created/applied on the > List Styles tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialog, not the Outline > Numbered tab that you are presumably using. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1157736515.923851.184260[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > John, > > I am using List Styles, which is to say that I'm setting up numbered > > list styles based on Shauna's instructions in > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, where > > I define all my levels of numbered list styles in the Outline Numbering > > Customize dialog box. > > > > Nix to the other two. > > Thanks! > > > > John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote: > > > Which style are you talking about? > > > > > > I suspect it was a finger-slip on your part. Generally when you set a > style > > > "based on" No Style, it stays set. > > > > > > But there are other things that can muck it up. You're not using List > > > Styles, are you? You didn't copy text from a different document did > you? > > > You have not set "Automatically update styles on open" in your > > > Tools>Templates and Add-ins>Attach, have you? > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > On 7/9/06 2:26 AM, in article > > > 1157560015.146876.175210[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Bothell writer" > > > <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's > > > > instructions in > > > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and > > > > http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. > > > > > > > > At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now > > > > when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is > > > > set to Normal. > > > > > > > > Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went > > > > through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based > > > > each subsequent level on the prior level. > > > > > > > > I appreciate any clarification. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not > email > > > me unless I ask you to. > > > > > > John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> > > > Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer > > > Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 > >

Re: Word changed Num. List from No Style to based on Normal "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john[ at ]mcghie.name> 11.09.2006 12:18:15 Thanks: That's one of the things we needed to know. A style of type "List" overrides styles of type "Paragraph". So if you had been using a List Style, that would have explained why your paragraph style definitions had suddenly gone bad. That's not the case. Check my other suggestions: it may be one of those. If it isn't, it may be a corrupt document. Cheers On 9/9/06 1:27 PM, in article 1157772466.415512.298290[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Suzanne, > Thanks for the clarification. I am using the Outline Numbered tab in > the Bullets and Numbering dialog box. I am defining my list styles > there, rather than using the List Styles tab in that dialog box. > > Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: >> That's not the same thing as List Styles, which are created/applied on the >> List Styles tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialog, not the Outline >> Numbered tab that you are presumably using. >> >> -- >> Suzanne S. Barnhill >> Microsoft MVP (Word) >> Words into Type >> Fairhope, Alabama USA >> Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org >> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so >> all may benefit. >> >> "Bothell writer" <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:1157736515.923851.184260[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >>> John, >>> I am using List Styles, which is to say that I'm setting up numbered >>> list styles based on Shauna's instructions in >>> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, where >>> I define all my levels of numbered list styles in the Outline Numbering >>> Customize dialog box. >>> >>> Nix to the other two. >>> Thanks! >>> >>> John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote: >>>> Which style are you talking about? >>>> >>>> I suspect it was a finger-slip on your part. Generally when you set a >> style >>>> "based on" No Style, it stays set. >>>> >>>> But there are other things that can muck it up. You're not using List >>>> Styles, are you? You didn't copy text from a different document did >> you? >>>> You have not set "Automatically update styles on open" in your >>>> Tools>Templates and Add-ins>Attach, have you? >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> >>>> On 7/9/06 2:26 AM, in article >>>> 1157560015.146876.175210[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Bothell writer" >>>> <biz_writer[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I carefully set up my bullets and numbering following Shauna Kelly's >>>>> instructions in >>>>> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html and >>>>> http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html. >>>>> >>>>> At the top level of each, I set "Style based on" to "No style." Now >>>>> when I go back to look at the style, I see where "Style based on" is >>>>> set to Normal. >>>>> >>>>> Why did this happen, and is it a problem? I know I carefully went >>>>> through her instructions and set the top level to No Style and based >>>>> each subsequent level on the prior level. >>>>> >>>>> I appreciate any clarification. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not >> email >>>> me unless I ask you to. >>>> >>>> John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> >>>> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer >>>> Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 >>> > -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john[ at ]mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410