WD97: List Styles Start at Zero After Saving as 6.0/95 or RTF
ID: Q183484
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, version Service Release 1 (SR-1)
SYMPTOMS
After you save a document as Word 6.0/95 or as Rich Text Format (RTF) that
contains a list with any of the List Bullet or List Number styles, close
and then reopen the document, when you apply any of the List Bullet or List
Number styles to a second list in your document, the list will start at
zero.
This problem occurs with any of the following list styles:
- List Bullet 1
- List Bullet 2
- List Bullet 3
- List Bullet 4
- List Bullet 5
- List Number 1
- List Number 2
- List Number 3
- List Number 4
- List Number 5
NOTE: This problem also occurs after you have installed the updated Word
6.0/95 export converter to the non-SR-1 release of Word 97 for Windows.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q143480 WD97: Updated Word 6.0/95 Export Converter Available
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, save your Word document in the "Word 97 & 6.0/95--
RTF" format.
NOTE: When you save your Word document in the "Word 97 & 6.0/95--RTF"
format, your document will be saved as Rich Text Format (RTF) and not in
the native (binary) format of Word 6.0 for Windows and Word 7.0 for Windows
95.
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q177289 WD97: Why Are Two Word 6.0/95 Converters Listed in Save As Type?
To temporarily work around this problem, you can correct the format of the
bulleted or numbered list after you apply one of the list bullet or list
number styles, use one of the following methods.
Method 1: Reapply the Bullet to the Bulleted List
- With the list selected, click Bullets And Numbering on the Format menu.
- On the Bulleted tab, click to select the correct type of bullet and then
click OK.
Method 2: Reapply the Number to the Numbered List
- With the incorrectly numbered list selected, click Bullets And Numbering
on the Format menu.
- On the Numbered tab, click Customize.
NOTE: The incorrectly numbered scheme should automatically be selected
on the Numbered tab. If it is not selected, click to select the
incorrectly numbered scheme before you click Customize.
- In the Customize Numbered List dialog box, in the Start at box, type
the number the selected list should start at, and then click OK.
Method 3: Use the Format Painter
- Select a bullet list to which you previously applied one of the List
bullet styles.
- Click the Format Painter button on the Standard toolbar.
NOTE: Your mouse pointer should now be an I-beam with a paint brush
attached.
- Select the incorrectly numbered list. After you select the incorrectly
numbered list, the format of the list should change to the same format
of your previous list and continue with the same bullets.
Method 4: Reapply the Bullet or Number to the List Style
- With the incorrectly bulleted or numbered list selected, click Style on
the Format menu.
- In the Style dialog box, the List Bullet or List Number style should be
selected in the Styles list. Click Modify.
- In the Modify Style dialog box, click to select the Add to template
check box. Click Format and then click Numbering.
- Do one of the following:
- To change any of the list bullet styles, select the correct bullet on
the Bulleted tab and then click OK.
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- To change any of the List Number styles, follow these steps:
- On the Numbered tab, select the correct numbering scheme and then
click Customize.
- In the Customize Numbered List dialog box, change the Start at box
to the correct number to continue your numbered list and then
click OK.
- Click OK to close the Modify Style dialog box.
- In the Style dialog box, click Apply.
NOTE: If you save your document as Word 6.0/95 or as Rich Text Format and
close your file, when you reopen your document to add another bulleted or
numbered list using any of the List Bullet or List Number styles, you will
need to repeat this procedure.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words:
Keywords : word97 kbnumbering
Version : :Service Release 1 (SR-1)
Platform :
Issue type : kbbug
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