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Bullet point is not working properly

Anonymous
2021-05-06T07:57:44+00:00

I am having this issue when I used a document made by my colleague to be a template. When I was trying to create a bullet point list based on his formatting style, I realized that I need to carry a character or a space to next line in order to generate a new bullet point and continue the list. If nothing is being carried to next line, then there is no bullet point. 

This is driving me nuts because I never saw this problem before, and I cannot find any discussion about the issue, nor the solution. 

 

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  1. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-05-06T09:08:12+00:00

    The problem is that the "Style for following paragraph" is set to a style that does not include bullet formatting. In this case, the un-bulleted style happens to be the built-in List Bullet style which has been modified not to include bullet formatting. That style is applied when you press Enter to create a new paragraph, and the result is that the bullet format disappears.

    As a quick fix, do the following: Click in a bulleted paragraph and press Ctrl+Shift+S; in the Apply Styles pane, click Modify. In the Modify Style dialog box, change the "Style for following paragraph" to "List Paragraph" (you may see an alias listed along with that name: "Bullets").

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-05-07T02:45:33+00:00

    But if these were line breaks (Shift+Enter), you wouldn't get a new bullet point (unless you inserted it manually).

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  2. Stefan Blom 339.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-05-06T08:31:58+00:00

    I suspect that this will be difficult to diagnose without looking at a sample. Can you share a sample document or the template itself? Upload it to OneDrive or Dropbox and post a "share" link here.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-06T09:14:40+00:00

    Stefan,

    Thanks a lot. This is really helpful.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-06T08:39:21+00:00

    Hi Stefan

    Thanks for the quick response. Please find the link below for the sample document. https://1drv.ms/w/s!AtPvPNV68impun24iHgwm728fV9p?e=JYON9H

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