WD: Agenda Wizard Removes Numbers or Bullets from Text

ID: Q143220

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Agenda Wizard and specify an agenda topic that starts with a number, such as "10 Year Analysis" (without the quotation marks), Word removes the leading number in your text.

CAUSE

The macro code in the Agenda Wizard is applying a numbering format to the Agenda Topics. When you apply numbering format, Word automatically replaces the leading number (or bullet) because it does not allow you to use both characters together.

RESOLUTION

When you type your entries in the Agenda Wizard, add a hyphen between the number and text, like this:

   10-Year Analysis

The Wizard will not remove the number when it applies numbering.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information on how Word applies the numbering format to text that starts with a number, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q81055
   TITLE     : WD: Bullet Replaces Leading Number in Paragraph

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Word User's Guide," version 6.0. Document number WB51157- 1093, pages 152-153.

Additional query words: number numbering list replace lead character replaced remove removes removed replaces missing

Keywords          : kbtemplate winword ntword macword word7 word95 kbformat 
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0; MACINTOSH:6.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 22, 1999