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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / November 2004Outline Format - Indent From Roman Numeral
I've been fighting this "problem" for at least five years. I've never investigated it because I don't use the outline format very often and seldom do when making something for presentation. Today is one of those exceptions. I've taken a blank page, clicked the outline button at the bottom, then went to Format/Bullets & Numbers. I selected the Roman numerals style "IA1". When I hit my forth heading (IV), the subject shot to the right a full half inch, thus, making that heading (though not the Roman numeral itself) out of line with the headings above. Yet when I click the button at the bottom left corner from Outline to Normal View, everything is aligned properly. Likewise when I look at Print Preview. Why do I get this misalignment of an outline when I view the darn thing in Outline View? Your hanging indent is not far enough to the right to accommodate longer roman numerals.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > I've been fighting this "problem" for at least five years. I've never > investigated it because I don't use the outline format very often and seldom [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Why do I get this misalignment of an outline when I view the darn thing in > Outline View? Ho boy. That sounds terminal! Would you be kind enough to point me in the direction when I can find out how I can extend my hanging indent please? I just looked up "hanging indent" but although I now know what it is, I don't know how to get a hold of it. > Your hanging indent is not far enough to the right to accommodate longer > roman numerals. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> in >> Outline View? In the Format | Bullets and Numbering dialog (Customize), you can set "Number position" (for roman numerals, Right is a good choice), "Aligned at," which specifies where the number is placed (the leftmost point for left-aligned, the rightmost for right-aligned), "Tab space after," and "Indent at." The critical one is "Tab space after," but usually you want this to be the same as "Indent at," so you may need to change both. If the tab position is not far enough to the right for (left-aligned) roman numerals (or even double-digit arabic numerals), then the tab will go to the next built-in tab stop (which is usually at 0.5" or 1"). You need to experiment with changing the tab stop setting, but I would also advise setting the number position to right so that all your numerals will be aligned on the period following them. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Ho boy. That sounds terminal! Would you be kind enough to point me in the > direction when I can find out how I can extend my hanging indent please? I [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >> in > >> Outline View? |
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