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From: Stefan Blom on 5 Jun 2010 08:54
You are welcome.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
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"RGrunwald" <RGrunwald(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> This is huge, than you so much.
> --
> Robert Grunwald, MD, PhD
> Department of Neurological Oncology
> David Geffen School of Medicine
> University of California, Los Angeles
>
>
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
>> After some testing I've concluded that the behavior of the BackSpace key is
>> slightly different depending on how you created the multilevel list. If you
>> created it by clicking the Bullet button, backspacing deletes the bullet; on
>> the
>> other hand, if you created it as a multilevel list (of bullets), backspacing
>> "outdents" the list.
>>
>> Use Tab and Shift+Tab instead; those commands behave the same no matter how
>> you
>> created the multilevel list.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>> (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com)
>>
>>
>>
>> "RGrunwald" <RGrunwald(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:400088EA-E909-4580-B01C-1AAA056E644E(a)microsoft.com...
>> > Stefan,
>> >
>> > First off, thank you so much for responding.
>> >
>> > The set left indent... option was clicked... and that makes sense, since it
>> > NORMALLY lets me move back an indent when I hit backspace... but just now,
>> > for instance, it started deleted the bullets when I hit backspace... and I
>> > can't seem to get it to stop, no matter what I do... I need to manually hit
>> > the back-indent button to get it to move back. Tab still works to move the
>> > bullet forward-indent, though.
>> >
>> > Do you have any ideas here? Thank you so much again
>> > --
>> > Robert Grunwald, MD, PhD
>> > Department of Neurological Oncology
>> > David Geffen School of Medicine
>> > University of California, Los Angeles
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Make sure that the "Set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces"
>> >> option
>> >> is selected in the AutoCorrect dialog box.
>> >>
>> >> To display the dialog, click Office button | Word Options. In the Proofing
>> >> category, click the AutoCorrect Options button. You'll find the option on
>> >> the
>> >> AutoFormat As You Type tab.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Stefan Blom
>> >> Microsoft Word MVP
>> >> (Message posted via msnews.microsoft.com)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "RGrunwald" <RGrunwald(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:BC8E7D6B-359F-4925-A066-DE51F706EDC4(a)microsoft.com...
>> >> >I write a lot of lecture outlines in MS Word using bullets. It works
>> >> > extremely well, however, the funniest thing happens and I'd love to be
>> >> > able
>> >> > to stop it.
>> >> >
>> >> > Everything will work great for a time:
>> >> >
>> >> > When I press tab, the bullet will indent one tab forward.
>> >> > When I press backspace, the bullet will de-indent one tab backward.
>> >> >
>> >> > ... then, all of the sudden, without any purposeful doing on my part:
>> >> >
>> >> > When I press tab, the bullet will indent one tab forward.
>> >> > However, when I press backspace, it deletes the bullet.
>> >> >
>> >> > ... and this continues for the rest of the document and I can't seem to
>> >> > resolve it (i.e. get it to go back to de-indenting my bullet instead of
>> >> > deleting it when I press back space).
>> >> >
>> >> > If anybody could offer up any solution to this, it would mean a great
>> >> > deal.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thank you kindly.
>> >> > --
>> >> > Robert Grunwald, MD, PhD
>> >> > Department of Neurological Oncology
>> >> > David Geffen School of Medicine
>> >> > University of California, Los Angeles
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> .
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