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More Skills 13 Format and Customize Lists
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Numbered lists separated by other text can be formatted to display continuous numbering.
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You can increase or decrease the indent of both bulleted and numbered lists, and you can
display multiple levels in either type of list.
To complete this document, you will need the following file:
䊏 w02_Description
You will save your document as:
䊏 w02_Description_Your_Name
1.
Start Word. Locate and open the file w02_Description. Save the file in your Word Chapter 2
folder as w02_Description_Your_Name and then add the file name to the footer.
2.
In the top numbered list, select all six items. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group,
click the Numbering button arrow
, and then click the style to the right of None—the
standard numbering style 1., 2., 3. Use the same technique to format the numbered list at
the bottom of Page 1. Notice that the numbering starts over at 1 for the bottom list.
3.
Right-click the first item in the bottom list, and then from the shortcut menu, click
Continue Numbering. Notice that the numbering in the bottom lists starts with 7, as
shown in Figure 1.
Numbering is
continuous from
one list to the next
Figure 1
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4.
Select all of the items in the top numbered list. In the Paragraph group, click the Decrease
Indent button
. Notice that the numbered lists move to the left margin. Both lists are
formatted at one time because you changed the numbering to Continuous.
5.
In the Paragraph group, click the Increase Indent button
two times, and notice that
the numbered lists move to the right; the lists move together because of the continuous
numbering. Click anywhere in the document to deselect the text, and then compare your
document with Figure 2.
Numbered lists
indented to the right
Figure 2
6.
Scroll down to display the top of Page 2. Select all of the paragraphs on the page—including
the bold paragraphs—and then in the Paragraph group, click the Bullets button
.
7.
At the top of Page 2, select all of the items from the paragraph that begins Keep an inventory
to the paragraph that begins Compile and check.
8.
In the Paragraph group, click the Increase Indent button
. Notice that the selected bulleted points are indented further, and the bullet symbols change, indicating that these bullets
are at a lower level than the bulleted points above and below them, as shown in Figure 3.
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Different bullet
symbols
Selected bulleted
points moved to
lower level
Figure 3
9.
Repeat this procedure to indent all of the rest of the items on Page 2 except the three bold
paragraphs, and then compare your document with Figure 4.
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Figure 4
10.
Save
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your document, and submit it as directed. Exit Word.
You have completed More Skills 13
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From Skills for Success with Microsoft® Office 2007 by Kris Townsend
Copyright © 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.