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From: pault@hpspdra.HP.COM (Paul Taira)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MS Word 5.0 and lists
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Date: 11 Jul 90 00:09:09 GMT
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>/ hpspdra:comp.sys.ibm.pc / bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler) / 10:12 am  Jul 10, 1990 /
>Does anyone know of an easy way to produce "bullet"
>or "dash" lists in MS Word 5.0?
>
>[I'm from the nroff/troff world where you just
>
>	.BL
>	.LI
>	item 1
>	.LI
>	item 2
>	.LI
>	item 3
>	.LE

  There are several steps which I use to produce a bullet list
  with MS Word.
   
     1) Define you paragraph formatting:
        Left Indent       =  1.0" (try current left indent + 1.0")
        First line indent = -0.5"
        Right Indent      =  1.0" (optional) 
        
        This will let the first line of each paragraph hang out 0.5" to the
        left of the remainder of the paragraph.  Adjust to taste (sort of like
        salt & pepper to taste).

     2) Set a tab setting at 1.0"  (this should be the same as the Left Indent)

     3) To produce a bullet (for the IBM Extended character set) I use
        Alt-254.  Hold down the alt key and press "2" "5" "4" on the key
        pad then release the alt key.  This will produce a small square
        which we will use as a bullet.
 
     4) After entering the Alt-254, press tab and start typing in the 
        information required for that bullet.  If you press return, you 
        will be ready to insert a bullet and new information.  You will not
        need to redefine the paragraph formatting a second time.

     5) Hint: I use alt F7 to display the character spacing which producing
        a bullet list.  

        Hint2: I would recommend that you add the bullet list in as a style
        sheet so that you will not need to go through the hassle again. 

        Note: The ASCII code for the bullet might vary with different
        printers and character sets.  Check you printer reference manual for
        details.

  Have Fun,

  Paul Taira


>Its visually ugly, but trivially simply to build
>(nested) lists in documents.]
>
>Thanks, in advance!
>
>Bruce
>
>--
>Bruce W. Mohler
>Systems Programmer (aka Staff Analyst)
>bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu
>voice: 619/586-2218
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