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    I'm trying to setup the templates for our Word 2010 rollout and am having a problem with setting the format for Bullets and Numbering

    I have setup a List Bullet and List Number style and added them to my Quick Styles gallery.  These styles both had the bullet / number in line with the left margin of the page.

    I would like these formats to be associated with the appropriate buttons on the toolbar, but it appears that this is not possible - am I mistaken?  The toolbar buttons for Bullets and Numbers both insert an indent to the format...

    Dan Kelly
    Wednesday, March 9, 2011 11:55 AM

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    You can use a pair of macros to intercept the built-in commands for those buttons:

    Sub FormatBulletDefault()
    Selection.Range.Style = wdStyleListBullet  'or specify some other style that you want
    End Sub

    Sub FormatNumberDefault()
    Selection.Range.Style = wdStyleListNumber  'or a different style
    End Sub

    Note that the above code won't help if users click the arrow on the button and specifically choose a list format.

    Stefan Blom, Microsoft Word MVP
    • Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, March 21, 2011 9:23 AM
    Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:55 PM

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    Hi,

    You may use macro to create such button. If you have questions about how to do this, you can post your issue on word developer forum.

    http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/is/worddev/threads

     

    Thursday, March 10, 2011 8:09 AM
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    I know how to create a button to do this - I just find it insane that the default buttons in Word cannot be tied to the styles.

    Dan Kelly
    Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:43 AM
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    You can use a pair of macros to intercept the built-in commands for those buttons:

    Sub FormatBulletDefault()
    Selection.Range.Style = wdStyleListBullet  'or specify some other style that you want
    End Sub

    Sub FormatNumberDefault()
    Selection.Range.Style = wdStyleListNumber  'or a different style
    End Sub

    Note that the above code won't help if users click the arrow on the button and specifically choose a list format.

    Stefan Blom, Microsoft Word MVP
    • Marked as answer by Sally Tang Monday, March 21, 2011 9:23 AM
    Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:55 PM