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Subject:Re: Bulleted Lists in Word 97 From:Gord Deyo <gdeyo -at- NETCOM -dot- CA> Date:Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:21:21 -0500
>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?
A quick fix is to copy the paragraph marker from the first one (the correct
one) and paste it over any markers that are incorrect.