Using (and configuring) Bullets & Numbers

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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:

bulletsandnumberstoolbarbuttons

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:

bulletsnumberinggallery

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.

Related posts:

  1. Using sections to control page numbers, headers and footers
  2. Using and configuring AutoFormat As You Type
  3. Indenting paragraphs
  4. Automatic numbering makes exhibit dividers easy
  5. Why your pages break in weird places, part two

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