I'm copying out some legislation.


there's a section with various clauses within it all numbered (i), (ii), (iii) etc.. and the text for each clause.


Word puts a capital letter at the beginning of each line of text I put in. That's not the convention in legislation.


How to switch this off? I've looked around a bit. Couldn't find anything in 'advanced'.


I would like instant control of all these automatic features.
They're great when they're working for you, when you want them.
But they're a major PITA when you don't want them and have to get into a major hunt to find out how to disable them.
So if there's a place and a way please tell, I'll be rapt.
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[Moderator's note: This would be better posted as a new thread, really]


p.s. I might as well put this here I guess, as open a complete new thread. The automatics just beat me again, on this same task.


I just backspaced once more than I usually do when creating these lists of subsections. And the cursor came to rest further to the left. Not in line with all the previous. And the text has changed. To a smaller font.
All preset automatic stuff I guess.


In the first instance it would be good if I could control the size of this 'second' font. So's if I can't control the indentation I can fumble along and at least have all the text the same size.


And then somehow master this indentation thing and see what it is doing and how I can stop it or use it properly.





Any help with that?

Look at AutoCorrect Options.
Two tabs in that dialog: AutoCorrect, and Autoformat as you type.
You get to the dialog using File > Options > Proofing and click on the button for AutoCorrect Options.

• AutoFormat As You Type
• AutoFormat and AutoCorrect (Tame AutoFormat) by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP
• Exploiting AutoCorrect by Suzanne Barnhill, MVP

Ah... all in the 'proofing' thing. Got it. Thanks a lot for that.

You can also set up your auto-numbering for that section to use the lower case roman numerals.

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Even though this is the same project for you and also involves numbering, it is a different question and should be posted in a separate thread. Doing so gets you better and quicker answers and makes this forum more useful for future readers. See One Question Per Thread.

Indentation is best controlled through the Define New MultiLevel List dialog. (Not intuitive, I know.)

If you use automatic paragraph numbering or bullets read Shauna Kelly's articles on numbering and bullets. Start with How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Word 2007 and Word 2010 For large documents you must follow these directions or you will lose your hair!
(Mac version: http://www.brandwares.com/bestpracti...word-for-os-x/)

This may seem a bit convoluted at first, but it really is not. Just follow the steps. Shauna Kelly's instructions use the built-in heading styles, but you can use any existing paragraph styles including your custom styles. There are, however advantages to using the built-in heading styles when you create a Table of Contents. Here are some more advantages: Why Use Word's Built-In Heading Styles? by Shauna Kelly Note, you can modify these built-in styles to look exactly the way you want.

Videos on this

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He_ob8ydc9E
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbyTcWo52G4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GevZOS-nCuw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niD6VXPvAyU

The basic idea is that the numbering is set using the Define MultiLevel List dialog with each numbering level being attached to an existing paragraph style. Once you have this set up, you should not use the buttons for numbering in the Ribbon but rather apply the appropriate style for that level.

You can save a document with this as a template for future documents if you want so you will not need to do this every time.


That said...


If you are going down a list and press Enter, the default response is to add a new list item if your Autoformat as you type settings are that way.



If you then press Backspace, your retain the same format, without the number.

If you press Backspace another time, you are returned to the previous line where you started.


If you press Enter instead of Backspace, you drop out of your list altogether.