Business Computing Tips

By K&K Fainges kfainges@...

Last week's K-tips covered Bullets :
http://www.users.bigpond.com/sagatech/format4.html.

Its worth rereading, because many of the tricks, like Ctrl 0 and
entering twice work the same way for Numbering.

Numbers appear on the formatting toolbar, but using the menu gives
you a lot more control. REMEMBER like all formatting, select the text
first before clicking on the menu.

By clicking on FORMAT=> BULLETS AND NUMBERING, a box comes up with
three tabs. The second tab covers numbering.

First are given your options for various types on numbering. You can
go 1,2,3 or a,b,c (yes I know they are letters not numbers, but they
are used the same way). You can chose to restart the numbering (Word
will automatically keep going from your last lot of numbers unless
you tell it otherwise. Normally handy, it can be frustrating if you
have a few number lists in the same document. Or you can force it to
continue from the previous list if it does start again.

You can 'Customise' the numbers by hitting the Customise button. This
lets you choose the font, number style, which number you start with,
the number alignment (left, right or centre) how far in from the edge
of the page it is (indent), and how far in the text is. Feel free to
adjust it by typing in the information, or by clicking on the up and
down arrows. The preview picture will let you know how it looks. This
section also lets you add things to the numbers, like 1. or 1) to add
extra distinction.

The third tab across is Outline Numbered. This lets you have point
one, two three, and inside that sub points.

For example: It can look like this.

1. Numbering lets you put the numbers in and have them automatically
change if you add more stuff in the middle.
i It makes life a lot easier
ii You don't have to go through changing things all the time
2. Numbering can be formatted to suit.
i You can have numbers or letters.

Next week: more formatting.

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Karen Fainges holds a Bachelor of Business, and a Grad. Cert of
Vocational and Educational Training. All this is nice but it's the 14
years of having to make sales or starve that makes her think she has
really learnt what does and doesn't work. A tutor for all ages, she
specialises in helping people get started on the long road to
technology.

"It has to be practical, it has to be cheap, and it has to work."