At 22:20 19/11/2013 -0500, Julian Thomas wrote:
I am still having major issues with lists If I start a numbered
list and enter items:
1. xxx
2. yyy
3. zzz
and then want to put some bulleted items in:
* aa
* bb
That all works OK.
But then I unindent and change to numbers, and the next item is again: 1.
Don't unindent. Use Backspace to cancel the bulleting.
It's a [considerable problem] to try to get this back under
control. If I go back to 3.zzz and enter, I get
4.
but if I then try to paste the
* aa
* bb
under 3.zzz it's a mess.
Actually, this works for me. Press Enter to start a new paragraph
where you want the bulleted list. Your new paragraph will
(temporarily) be numbered "4." (and paragraph 4 "5."). Providing
your new paragraph is empty, pasting in the bulleted list should put
everything back to normal at a stroke.
The easiest way I've found to get out of this mess is to start a new
document, put in all the top level stuff, and then insert the
bulleted items - as UNFORMATTED text and rebulletize them.
There is no need to start a new document, of course! But this is
indeed probably the easiest way to achieve what you want: to enter
the bulleted items at first without changing the numbering - so that
they are numbered as paragraphs four and five. Later, after you have
started your real paragraph four - which will appear at first as
paragraph "6." - go back and select the items to be bulleted, and
change the style to bulleted. Paragraph 6. will be instantly
renumbered as "4.", as you need.
Sometimes when I undent [isn't that the reverse of indent??] ...
Probably "unindent" - as you had it at first.
... a bullet, it ends up outside the left margin.
Well, it will! Instead of using the Decrease Indent button, adjust
indenting on the Position tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialogue.
Arrrrrggggghhh!
I trust I've been able to remove a few consonants from your frustration.
Brian Barker
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