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MS Office Forum / Word / Numbering / June 2006Difference Ctrl-M / Indent button
Hi, I always thought that in Word (2003), Ctrl-M was a shortcut to the indent-functionality, also invoked with the indent buttons on the toolbar. However, the behaviour seems to be different: If I create a numbered paragraph, then as the next paragraph a bullet-paragraph, looking like 1. text - text then go back to the first one, and press Ctrl-M, it will move the numbered para. to the right, the bullet-para. stays where it was 1. text - However, when I click on the indent icon of the toolbar, both paragraphs move to the right: 1. text - text Can anybody explain me what exactly happens in these two cases and why??? Thanks, Winfried The difference is that the Increase Indent button indents an entire numbered or bulleted list (for multi-level lists this means changing to a lower numbering level), and the Ctrl+M shortcut indents selected paragraphs. The Word commands executed are ListIndent and Indent, respectively.  SignatureStefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Thanks, > Winfried Thanks, this replies to my question, but creates new ones... What you say is that Ctrl-M only indents paragraphs, whereas the indent buttons should indent the (single-level) list, or change to the next level (in multi-level lists). When I try it, Ctrl-M seems to work as you describe it. However, the indent buttons also change the level if I am in a single level or bullet list (although this kind of list should not have different levels, or should they?) So the question is, what happens in this case? Is the bullet-list transformed in some way to an outline as soon as I try to change the level? Winfried Stefan Blom schrieb: > The difference is that the Increase Indent button indents an entire > numbered or bulleted list (for multi-level lists this means changing [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Thanks, > > Winfried Winfried, I would advise to have a read here, and brace yourself you're in for a rough ride. http://word.mvps.org/faqs/numbering/WordsNumberingExplained.htm SignatureLuc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) > Thanks, this replies to my question, but creates new ones... > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] >> > Thanks, >> > Winfried In recent versions of Word, the difference between single-level and multi-level lists seems to be smaller (non-existing?). In the long run, you'd have to set up numbered and bulleted paragraphs with styles. See: http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html and http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bullets/controlbullets.html. SignatureStefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP > Thanks, this replies to my question, but creates new ones... > [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > > Thanks, > > > Winfried
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