Can I turn off indenting in auto-numbered lists?

I've been trying to find a place to turn off the auto-indent on automatically numbered lists so they will appear flush left in the document, without success. Can anyone help?

Sorry, I realized after the fact that what I want to know is actually, can I turn it off permanently so that I don't have to modify it every time I make a list? What I want to do is be able to keep all my lines flush left in automatic lists and not have to stop to change it myself every time I create a new document with a list. I transcribe for a living and every delay means money to me. I want to format the lists to always be the same, and I can't find the answer to that. Can anyone help?

Take a look at custom numbered styles. You can format them as you want, but
have to set them up carefully. Once you have your template set up with your
styles, they'll be available in any new document based on the template. See:
How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html.

This is based on ...

Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
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"Arreouw" wrote in message
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I've been trying to find a place to turn off the auto-indent on
automatically numbered lists so they will appear flush left in the document,
without success. Can anyone help?

If you just want simple numbered lists, your best bet is to apply (modified
as needed) the List Number style.

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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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Take a look at custom numbered styles. You can format them as you want,
but
have to set them up carefully. Once you have your template set up with
your
styles, they'll be available in any new document based on the template.
See:
How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html.

This is based on ...

Word's Numbering Explained
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...gExplained.htm
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Arreouw" wrote in message
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I've been trying to find a place to turn off the auto-indent on
automatically numbered lists so they will appear flush left in the
document,
without success. Can anyone help?

Well, okay, I checked out the links and tried the suggestions, but every time I make a new list, it starts at a different spot on the line. That is, not flush to the left. Never mind, I guess I'm too stupid to figure out a program that is intended to be user-friendly. *rolls eyes* Why is it when they think they're making things easier, they end up making it more complicated? Thanks for trying, you two.

1. If any of the WordPerfect options on the General tab of the
ToolsOptions dialog box are checked, make sure that you clear them.

2. Use paragraph styles to apply numbering. It might be a bit tricky
to set it up, but I promise that you'll find it worth the effort.

For single-level numbering, try the List Number style. If you need
different settings, such as indents and numbering format, modify the
style to suit your needs.

For multi-level (outline) numbering, see:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html

Why must style-based numbering be used? Well, applying numbering with
styles keeps you in control. You can easily see, via the user
interface, such as the Style box on the Formatting toolbar -- or the
Styles and Formatting pane, if you have Word 2002 and later -- which
style is applied to a paragraph, but there is no easy way to identify
list templates (numbering schemes). Applying a specific style is
really the only simple way to make sure that two paragraphs are part
of the same list.

For more information about paragraph styles, see:
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styl...sOnStyles.html

3. If you need safe ways to restart numbering, take a look at:
http://www.syntagma.demon.co.uk/FAQs...artMethods.htm

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Stefan Blom


"Arreouw" skrev i meddelandet
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Well, okay, I checked out the links and tried the suggestions, but
every time I make a new list, it starts at a different spot on the
line. That is, not flush to the left. Never mind, I guess I'm too
stupid to figure out a program that is intended to be user-friendly.
*rolls eyes* Why is it when they think they're making things easier,
they end up making it more complicated? Thanks for trying, you two.