Word 97--Formatting last numbered paragraph in table cell

I have a Word 97 document with numbered lists inside table cells, with no other paragraph following the last list item. In this case, I need to go through and change the paragraph formatting to affect ONLY the number on each list paragraph (adding color and bold).

This is easy enough for most of the paragraphs--just select the paragraph mark, and choose the desired formatting options. This doesn't work for the last item though, because there isn't a paragraph mark.

I know I've dealt successfully with this in the past, but today, for the life of me, can't figure out what I need to do to get that last paragraph to play nicely. I've tried all manner of inserting, combining, and deleting paragraphs. The only solution seems to be to put a formatted paragraph mark at the end of the list--but for layout reasons, this isn't an option.

What did I do, once upon a time, to format that last list number? (Just to reiterate, I only want the numbers on those paragraphs to change appearance.)
--
"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

-- Robert Benchley
(Regarding his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say something funny, Mr. Benchley.")

Have you tried selecting the end-of-cell marker?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"foxcole" wrote in message
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I have a Word 97 document with numbered lists inside table cells, with no
other paragraph following the last list item. In this case, I need to go
through and change the paragraph formatting to affect ONLY the number on
each list paragraph (adding color and bold).

This is easy enough for most of the paragraphs--just select the paragraph
mark, and choose the desired formatting options. This doesn't work for the
last item though, because there isn't a paragraph mark.

I know I've dealt successfully with this in the past, but today, for the
life of me, can't figure out what I need to do to get that last paragraph to
play nicely. I've tried all manner of inserting, combining, and deleting
paragraphs. The only solution seems to be to put a formatted paragraph mark
at the end of the list--but for layout reasons, this isn't an option.

What did I do, once upon a time, to format that last list number? (Just to
reiterate, I only want the numbers on those paragraphs to change
appearance.)
--
"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

-- Robert Benchley
(Regarding his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say
something funny, Mr. Benchley.")

I should have mentioned that I tried that too. It can't be selected... only an end-of-row marker will allow selection.


--
FoxCole

"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

Robert Benchley (about his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say something funny, Mr. Benchley.")


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Have you tried selecting the end-of-cell marker?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"foxcole" wrote in message
...
I have a Word 97 document with numbered lists inside table cells, with no
other paragraph following the last list item. In this case, I need to go
through and change the paragraph formatting to affect ONLY the number on
each list paragraph (adding color and bold).

This is easy enough for most of the paragraphs--just select the paragraph
mark, and choose the desired formatting options. This doesn't work for the
last item though, because there isn't a paragraph mark.

I know I've dealt successfully with this in the past, but today, for the
life of me, can't figure out what I need to do to get that last paragraph to
play nicely. I've tried all manner of inserting, combining, and deleting
paragraphs. The only solution seems to be to put a formatted paragraph mark
at the end of the list--but for layout reasons, this isn't an option.

What did I do, once upon a time, to format that last list number? (Just to
reiterate, I only want the numbers on those paragraphs to change
appearance.)
--
"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

-- Robert Benchley
(Regarding his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say
something funny, Mr. Benchley.")

Rather than manually applying the formatting to paragraph marks, you can
(with the selection anywhere in that particular list) go to FormatBullets
and Numbering, click Customize, click Font, and make your settings there.
They will only be applied to the numbering, not to the manually typed text
that follows, and it will automatically apply to the whole list! If you
will need this formatting in several numbered lists, I recommend formatting
a style this way and applying the style to all those lists. Then, if you
needed to change the formatting again in the future, you could simply change
the style definition, and all the lists with that style applied would be
automatically updated to the new format settings!

Regards,
Chad DeMeyer


"foxcole" wrote in message
...
I have a Word 97 document with numbered lists inside table cells, with no
other paragraph following the last list item. In this case, I need to go
through and change the paragraph formatting to affect ONLY the number on
each list paragraph (adding color and bold).

This is easy enough for most of the paragraphs--just select the paragraph
mark, and choose the desired formatting options. This doesn't work for the
last item though, because there isn't a paragraph mark.

I know I've dealt successfully with this in the past, but today, for the
life of me, can't figure out what I need to do to get that last paragraph to
play nicely. I've tried all manner of inserting, combining, and deleting
paragraphs. The only solution seems to be to put a formatted paragraph mark
at the end of the list--but for layout reasons, this isn't an option.

What did I do, once upon a time, to format that last list number? (Just to
reiterate, I only want the numbers on those paragraphs to change
appearance.)
--
"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

-- Robert Benchley
(Regarding his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say
something funny, Mr. Benchley.")

Doh! I should have thought of that... I briefly thought of styles but mentally only took it as far as formatting the whole paragraph, including text, rather than just the numbering. What a sheep I can be... feeling sheepish, that is.

Thanks for the reminder.
--
FoxCole

"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

Robert Benchley (about his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say something funny, Mr. Benchley.")


"Chad DeMeyer" wrote:

Rather than manually applying the formatting to paragraph marks, you can
(with the selection anywhere in that particular list) go to FormatBullets
and Numbering, click Customize, click Font, and make your settings there.
They will only be applied to the numbering, not to the manually typed text
that follows, and it will automatically apply to the whole list! If you
will need this formatting in several numbered lists, I recommend formatting
a style this way and applying the style to all those lists. Then, if you
needed to change the formatting again in the future, you could simply change
the style definition, and all the lists with that style applied would be
automatically updated to the new format settings!

Regards,
Chad DeMeyer


"foxcole" wrote in message
...
I have a Word 97 document with numbered lists inside table cells, with no
other paragraph following the last list item. In this case, I need to go
through and change the paragraph formatting to affect ONLY the number on
each list paragraph (adding color and bold).

This is easy enough for most of the paragraphs--just select the paragraph
mark, and choose the desired formatting options. This doesn't work for the
last item though, because there isn't a paragraph mark.

I know I've dealt successfully with this in the past, but today, for the
life of me, can't figure out what I need to do to get that last paragraph to
play nicely. I've tried all manner of inserting, combining, and deleting
paragraphs. The only solution seems to be to put a formatted paragraph mark
at the end of the list--but for layout reasons, this isn't an option.

What did I do, once upon a time, to format that last list number? (Just to
reiterate, I only want the numbers on those paragraphs to change
appearance.)
--
"Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing."

-- Robert Benchley
(Regarding his response to someone who said at a dinner party, "Say
something funny, Mr. Benchley.")