If you’re anything like me, one of the things you really hate is having to move paragraphs around in a long pleading (like a set of discovery requests). Fortunately, if you know your way around Microsoft Word’s Bullets & Numbers feature, at least you won’t have to renumber every paragraph by hand.
Using Bullets & Numbers’ pre-defined formats is very easy. The easiest way is to use the buttons on the Formatting Toolbar:
This gives you the basic, standard format. But what if you want some other format?
There are several to choose from in the Bullets & Numbers Gallery. To access the Gallery, go to Format, Bullets and Numbering:
You may, however, be a little frustrated with the out-of-the-box formats that indent the text after each paragraph number. Or you may need to do something a little non-standard to suit a particular court’s (or attorney’s) requirements.
Here’s a little tutorial on how to edit the default paragraph numbering styles in Word:
Tip: To see this in full-screen, hit that second-from-the-right button just below the YouTube logo.
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