WD2000: Unwanted Tab Stop Inserted in Outline Numbered Scheme

ID: Q211406

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

After you customize an outline numbered scheme, promoting or demoting a numbered paragraph may insert an unwanted tab stop between the number and the beginning of the paragraph text. Attempting to use default tab stop settings (on the Format menu, click Tabs) by clearing all custom tab stops results in the custom tab stops being cleared only temporarily.

NOTE: To promote or demote a numbered paragraph, use the Increase Indent or Decrease Indent button.

When you do this, the tab space between the number and the beginning of the paragraph text will be different from the way it was formatted in the customized outline numbered scheme.


WORKAROUND

Method 1: Use the Menus to Clear Tabs and Promote/Demote Levels

To temporarily work around this problem, follow these steps:
  1. Select the Outline Numbered list.


  2. On the Format menu, click Tabs.


  3. Click Clear All, and then click OK.


NOTE: This is not a permanent resolution. If you make additional changes to promote or demote paragraphs, the unwanted tab stops will be inserted again.

Method 2: Use a Macro to Clear Tabs and Promote/Demote Levels

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The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications example code can be used to promote or demote levels and to clear the unwanted tab stops. 


   Sub ListOutdent()
      Selection.Range.ListFormat.ListOutdent
      Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.ClearAll
      ActiveDocument.DefaultTabStop = InchesToPoints(0.5)
   End Sub 


   Sub ListIndent()
      Selection.Range.ListFormat.ListIndent
      Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.ClearAll
      ActiveDocument.DefaultTabStop = InchesToPoints(0.5)
   End Sub


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: list multilevel 


Keywords          : kbdta kbnumbering wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999