KB203916 - WD2000: Levels Missing from Multilevel List Formatted with Outline Numbering

Article ID: 203916

Article Last Modified on 12/26/2001

Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q203916

For a Microsoft Word 2002 version of this article, see 273971.

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Word 2000, when you create a multilevel list, and then apply one of the outline numbered list formats that appear on the Outline Numbered tab under Bullets and Numbering, you find that your list is missing levels.

For example, instead of appearing as follows:

1. One

    1.1. Two

        1.1.1. Three

Your list may instead appear as follows:

1. One

        1.1.1. Two

                1.1.1.1.1.1. Three

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, change the level of items in your list in one of the following ways:

Select a list item, and then press SHIFT+TAB or TAB.

-or-
Select an item, and then click Decrease Indent or Increase Indent on the Formatting toolbar.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

REFERENCES

For additional information about bullets and numbering, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212376 WD: General Information About Bullets and Numbering

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