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Jay - 01 Nov 2006 15:37 GMT

When I add a bullet point to a paragraph (by clicking on the bullet toolbar button) the left indent
and the hanging indent both move by 0.63cm to the right. Also, a tab stop is added at 1.27cm to the
right of the original indent position. I would prefer it if the left indent didn't change, and the
hanging indent moves by 0.5cm to the right, and a tab stop is added at 0.5cm to the right of the
original indent position.

Is there a way to change the default behaviour of behaviour of the bullet toolbar button to do
this? If this is related to a template, I would like it to be stored in normal.dot.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 01 Nov 2006 16:51 GMT

It is difficult to change the behavior of the Bullets button, but you can
customize the List Bullet style (which already meets most of your
requirements) and apply it with the built-in keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+L.

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> When I add a bullet point to a paragraph (by clicking on the bullet toolbar button) the left indent
> and the hanging indent both move by 0.63cm to the right. Also, a tab stop is added at 1.27cm to the
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> Is there a way to change the default behaviour of behaviour of the bullet toolbar button to do
> this? If this is related to a template, I would like it to be stored in normal.dot.

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Jay - 02 Nov 2006 10:10 GMT

Thanks Suzanne,

My problem is that the users aren't keen on styles - they want to use the bullet button. Is there a
difficult way? Perhaps overriding the bullet button with a VBA macro?

Jay

It is difficult to change the behavior of the Bullets button, but you can
customize the List Bullet style (which already meets most of your
requirements) and apply it with the built-in keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+L.

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> When I add a bullet point to a paragraph (by clicking on the bullet

toolbar button) the left indent

> and the hanging indent both move by 0.63cm to the right. Also, a tab stop

is added at 1.27cm to the

> right of the original indent position. I would prefer it if the left

indent didn't change, and the

> hanging indent moves by 0.5cm to the right, and a tab stop is added at

0.5cm to the right of the

> original indent position.
>
> Is there a way to change the default behaviour of behaviour of the bullet

toolbar button to do

> this? If this is related to a template, I would like it to be stored in

normal.dot.

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Stefan Blom - 02 Nov 2006 11:15 GMT

This simple macro intercepts the built-in FormatBulletDefault command
(which runs when you click the Bullet button) and applies either the
List Bullet style or the Normal style to the selection.

Sub FormatBulletDefault()
Dim BulletStyleName As String
Dim AppliedStyleName As String
BulletStyleName = _
ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleListBullet).NameLocal
AppliedStyleName = Selection.Paragraphs(1).Style.NameLocal
If BulletStyleName = AppliedStyleName Then
Selection.Style = wdStyleNormal
'If you prefer Body Text, use wdStyleBodyText instead
Else
Selection.Style = BulletStyleName
End If
End Sub

Put the macro in an add-in or in the normal.dot template.

If you need assistance, see http://gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

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> Thanks Suzanne,
>
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> > this? If this is related to a template, I would like it to be stored in
> normal.dot.

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Jay - 07 Nov 2006 09:45 GMT

Thanks for your kind help Stefan, and sorry for the late reply. I will try this.

Jay

This simple macro intercepts the built-in FormatBulletDefault command
(which runs when you click the Bullet button) and applies either the
List Bullet style or the Normal style to the selection.

Sub FormatBulletDefault()
Dim BulletStyleName As String
Dim AppliedStyleName As String
BulletStyleName = _
ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleListBullet).NameLocal
AppliedStyleName = Selection.Paragraphs(1).Style.NameLocal
If BulletStyleName = AppliedStyleName Then
Selection.Style = wdStyleNormal
'If you prefer Body Text, use wdStyleBodyText instead
Else
Selection.Style = BulletStyleName
End If
End Sub

Put the macro in an add-in or in the normal.dot template.

If you need assistance, see http://gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm.

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> Thanks Suzanne,
>
> My problem is that the users aren't keen on styles - they want to

use the bullet button. Is there a

> difficult way? Perhaps overriding the bullet button with a VBA

macro?

> Jay
>
> It is difficult to change the behavior of the Bullets button, but

you can

> customize the List Bullet style (which already meets most of your
> requirements) and apply it with the built-in keyboard shortcut

Ctrl+Shift+L.

newsgroup so

> all may benefit.
>
> "Jay" <nospam> wrote in message
> news:%234UZ9Mc$GHA.4348@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > When I add a bullet point to a paragraph (by clicking on the

bullet

> toolbar button) the left indent
> > and the hanging indent both move by 0.63cm to the right. Also, a

tab stop

> is added at 1.27cm to the
> > right of the original indent position. I would prefer it if the

left

> indent didn't change, and the
> > hanging indent moves by 0.5cm to the right, and a tab stop is

added at

> 0.5cm to the right of the
> > original indent position.
> >
> > Is there a way to change the default behaviour of behaviour of

the bullet

> toolbar button to do
> > this? If this is related to a template, I would like it to be

stored in

> normal.dot.

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