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Subject:Re: Bulleted Lists in Word 97 From:"Townsend, Emru" <etownsend -at- POSITRON -dot- QC -dot- CA> Date:Mon, 8 Mar 1999 16:02:45 -0500
What you might want to do is select all the afflicted paragraphs, then go to
Format>Bullets and Numbering and select the bullet type you want. A PITA, I
know, but it should fix everything quickly.
Emru Townsend
Technical Communications Wiseguy - Product Integration
Positron Public Safety Systems Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
e-mail: etownsend -at- positron -dot- qc -dot- ca
My words are my own. Confuse them with my employer's at your own risk.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEIGLER, Sherri [SMTP:sseigler -at- SHL -dot- COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 12:20 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Bulleted Lists in Word 97
>
> Guys, I'm having a stupid day. I have a formatted list which is being cut
> and pasted from another document. My bullets are changing font size,
> shape,
> etc. I can have my original format on the first one, and the second one
> is
> some funky shape other than what I have created in my styles. I have
> tried
> deleting the previous paragraph marker, but it stays the same. Currently
> I
> am cussing Word and its makers. I guess my question is why is it doing
> this, and what can I do to prevent it?
>
> Sherri A. Seigler
> MCI Systemhouse
> (214) 589-6379
>
>
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