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PUB98: Bullets, Numbers Appear Differently on Web Page

Article ID: 179719

Article Last Modified on 11/10/1999

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SYMPTOMS

When you create a bulleted or numbered list in Microsoft Publisher and then generate a Web page from the publication, the resulting Web page may not use the same bullet or separating characters that you specified in Publisher. For example, you may see the following in the resulting Web page:
  • All bullet characters in a bulleted list are converted to round bullets.
  • All separator characters in a number list are replaced with a single period. (Separator characters appear after each number.)

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Publisher uses HyperText Markup Language (HTML) list tags when it generates the HTML code rather than considering each line as simple text.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you can create bulleted or numbered lists by numbering the list manually rather than by using the bulleted or numbered list option in Publisher.

MORE INFORMATION

Bulleted Lists

When Publisher generates the HTML code for a bulleted list, it uses the unordered list (<UL>) and list item (<LI>) tags. These tags create an unordered list with round bullets.

For example, if you create this list in Publisher

* Line one
* Line two

Your list may look similar to this in HTML:

. Line one
. Line two

Numbered Lists

When Publisher generates the HTML code for a numbered list, it uses the ordered list (<OL>) tag with the Type attribute. The Type attribute value is set to one, indicating that the list will start with the numeral one. Publisher also uses the list item (<LI>) tag. These tags create an ordered numbered list that includes periods as the separator characters. When Publisher generates the HTML it will convert whatever separator character you specified to a period. It will also create a separator character if you clicked the None option.

For example, if you created this list in Publisher

1 First line
2 Second line
3) Third line
4) Fourth line
(5) Fifth Line

Your list may look similar to this in HTML:
  1. First line
  2. Second line
  3. Third line
  4. Fourth line
  5. Fifth Line

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