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Copper Contributor

Jan 09, 2023

MS Word Issues When Using Bullet Function

When I try to use the bullet function, it doesn't work properly. An example would be that the word I am trying to bullet does not bullet but the word in the line above does, and when this happens it ...

Damien_Rosario

Silver Contributor

Jan 09, 2023

Hi alexsays

Happy new year, I hope you are well.

Have you tried using show/hide to see if it shows an issue?

The above is what it should look like. If your show/hide is displaying something different, it may help us to diagnose your issue.

Alternatively, you may want to simply reset the normal.dotm template file with the default Word formatting which should hopefully fix the issue.

Please reference Microsoft's instructions here to do so. It's basically renaming the current normal.dotm file which forces Word to create a new one with the defaults.

Hope something in the above helps to resolve your issue!

Cheers & best wishes

Damien

alexsays
Copper Contributor
Jan 10, 2023
Damien_Rosario

Thank you for the response, I will try the above steps. It is for a user and I have reset the template with no luck. Also, this is on a Mac if that helps spark anything.
- Charles_Kenyon
  Bronze Contributor
  Jan 10, 2023
  alexsaysYou should look at Outline Numbering in Word for macOS by John Korchok. Although written for numbers, the same methods work for bullets.