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Goff - Nov 11, 2005 - 10:15 am

Hi. Can anything be done about MS Word's (2004) tendency to screw up lists when writing more than one of them in a file?

I can do one list fine, but when I then try to do another one later, all kinds of crazy things happen: it wants to join the first one, or margins change, or if I go out of the list to center something the whole file gets centered, etc.

Thanks,

Geoff

ishan - Nov 12, 2005 - 5:45 pm

Microsoft Word is a complicated program. I don't think there's anything wrong with your software, but you do have to do things the "Microsoft way." If you will be using Microsoft Word a lot, it might not be a bad idea to buy one of the many books on how to use Office 2004. You could also ask them about Word "screwing up lists" directly at mactopia.com, their support site for Macintosh users. The Macintosh Business Unit of Microsoft is actually a very well-supported operation with lots of smart Macheads.

If you haven't committed yet to Microsoft Word, or have a choice of word processors, you might be pleasantly surprised by the new version of Pages which will be released in January at MWSF. At present, you already have the option of using Neooffice, BBedit, Appleworks(yechh), etc.

HTH and please let us know what happens.

Goff - Nov 14, 2005 - 9:55 am

Oh, I'm thoroughly committed to Word because of where I work.

Thanks.