Have you defined the indents and tab settings in Format | Numbering (*not*
Format | Paragraph)?

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"Eileen Cowan" wrote in message
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I have set up the numbering properly. I also lost bulleted
list styles. The styles keep the numbers and bullets but
lose the indents and tab settings. The big problem is
that I have to fix these styles in each document where
this happens because I cannot copy the styles from another
template.


-----Original Message-----
Hello Eileen

Eileen Cowan wrote:
I am using custom templates with many bulleted and
numbered lists. These styles lose their formatting
often
and when I try to copy the styles to or from another
template to make corrections, the styles will not copy
correctly. The only way I can fix styles is to
reformat
the style or styles in each document.

Are those styles losing "only" numbering-related
formatting, or other
stuff (font, size, etc.)?

Have you setup your numbering according to the following
specifications?

Numbering:
See the section on "Numbering, bullets, Headings,
Outlines" (by Shauna
Kelly)
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/
Word's numbering explained (by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...beringExplaine
d.htm
How to do it in VBA (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...tNumbering.htm

Greetinx
..bob
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