How do I make my favorite customized bullet or number format the default
setting?

Word 2003
Windows XP Home

Thanks,

JS

Re: Customize Bullet Number Format and Default by Andre

Andre
Thu Feb 05 19:57:34 CST 2004

Usually, when you choose the Bullet you want from the "Bullets and
Numbering" dialogue (located from Format > Bullets and Numbering), when you
choose that Bullet, Word should automatically set the bullet every time you
select the bullet button from the "Formatting" toolbar.

Andre Da Costa
Jamaica
"John Smith" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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> How do I make my favorite customized bullet or number format the default
> setting?
>
> Word 2003
> Windows XP Home
>
> Thanks,
>
> JS
>



Re: Customize Bullet Number Format and Default by Cindy

Cindy
Mon Feb 09 10:58:40 CST 2004

Hi John,

> How do I make my favorite customized bullet or number format the default
> setting?
>
> Word 2003
> Windows XP Home
>
There really isn't a good way to change the default. Andre mentions that
the toolbar button will pick up the symbol you used last... In my
experience, this only works semi-reliably within the same document, but as
soon as I open a new document, it tends to revert to the internal default.

The most reliable method I've ever come across is to record setting the
bullet symbol you prefer in a macro. Assign the macro to a toolbar button
(and a keyboard shortcut, if you like) and use it instead of the button
that comes with Word.

Even better would probably be to set up a STYLE that uses the bullet symbol
you prefer, if you're up to styles :-)?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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