bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler) (07/11/90)
Does anyone know of an easy way to produce "bullet" or "dash" lists in MS Word 5.0? [I'm from the nroff/troff world where you just .BL .LI item 1 .LI item 2 .LI item 3 .LE Its visually ugly, but trivially simply to build (nested) lists in documents.] Thanks, in advance! Bruce -- Bruce W. Mohler Systems Programmer (aka Staff Analyst) bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu voice: 619/586-2218
pault@hpspdra.HP.COM (Paul Taira) (07/11/90)
>/ hpspdra:comp.sys.ibm.pc / bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler) / 10:12 am Jul 10, 1990 / >Does anyone know of an easy way to produce "bullet" >or "dash" lists in MS Word 5.0? > >[I'm from the nroff/troff world where you just > > .BL > .LI > item 1 > .LI > item 2 > .LI > item 3 > .LE There are several steps which I use to produce a bullet list with MS Word. 1) Define you paragraph formatting: Left Indent = 1.0" (try current left indent + 1.0") First line indent = -0.5" Right Indent = 1.0" (optional) This will let the first line of each paragraph hang out 0.5" to the left of the remainder of the paragraph. Adjust to taste (sort of like salt & pepper to taste). 2) Set a tab setting at 1.0" (this should be the same as the Left Indent) 3) To produce a bullet (for the IBM Extended character set) I use Alt-254. Hold down the alt key and press "2" "5" "4" on the key pad then release the alt key. This will produce a small square which we will use as a bullet. 4) After entering the Alt-254, press tab and start typing in the information required for that bullet. If you press return, you will be ready to insert a bullet and new information. You will not need to redefine the paragraph formatting a second time. 5) Hint: I use alt F7 to display the character spacing which producing a bullet list. Hint2: I would recommend that you add the bullet list in as a style sheet so that you will not need to go through the hassle again. Note: The ASCII code for the bullet might vary with different printers and character sets. Check you printer reference manual for details. Have Fun, Paul Taira >Its visually ugly, but trivially simply to build >(nested) lists in documents.] > >Thanks, in advance! > >Bruce > >-- >Bruce W. Mohler >Systems Programmer (aka Staff Analyst) >bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu >voice: 619/586-2218 >>----------
dsampson@x102a.harris-atd.com (sampson david 58163) (07/11/90)
In article <11810@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler) writes: >Does anyone know of an easy way to produce "bullet" or "dash" lists in >MS Word 5.0? > [I'm from the nroff/troff world where you just > .BL > .LI > item 1 > .LI > item 2 > .LI > item 3 > .LE Word 5.0 doesn't have anything built in to do lists like TROFF. You can create them manually by typing each item as a seperate paragraph with 0 lines before and after. Then if you put the cursor on column 1 of each list item, hold down the ALT key, type 249 or 250 (this depends on the font you've chosen and the printer you use), and release the ALT key, you'll have your bullet. Hit a tab and the text indents. It's not as automatic as TROFF, but it works. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Sampson Harris Corporation dsampson@x102a.ess.harris.com Gov't Aerospace Systems Divison uunet!x102a!dsampson Melbourne, Florida -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
brian@53eng1.Waterloo.NCR.COM (Brian W. Gamble) (07/12/90)
In article <DSAMPSON.90Jul11120811@x102a.harris-atd.com> >In article <11810@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. >Mohler) writes: > > >>Does anyone know of an easy way to produce "bullet" or "dash" lists in >>MS Word 5.0? > >> [I'm from the nroff/troff world where you just > >> .BL >> .LI >> item 1 >> .LI >> item 2 >> .LI >> item 3 >> .LE > >Word 5.0 doesn't have anything built in to do lists like TROFF. You >can create them manually by typing each item as a seperate paragraph >with 0 lines before and after. Then if you put the cursor on column 1 >of each list item, hold down the ALT key, type 249 or 250 (this >depends on the font you've chosen and the printer you use), and >release the ALT key, you'll have your bullet. Hit a tab and the text >indents. > >It's not as automatic as TROFF, but it works. > Two cents worth from north of the border: The advise on how to set up a hanging indent and hang a special character on a tab is right on, although I think my version likes a leading zero in the character code. Try a Dingbats "l" in 7 pt for major round bullets or 5 pt for minor round bullets. Cheap trick follows: Name the major bullet style somehing like "B1". Now add a simple macro to the glossary that inserts the special character (pre formatted with font and pt size), then a tab, then calls the Alt B 1 to apply the style tag. Call the macro Control B 1. Ours has additional smarts to go to the start of paragraph, then insert the text. Ours also centers the bullet on a tab stop, but that's just window dressing. Having written NROFF macros, I found writing Word 5.0 macros bloody simple. Using them is even better; just hit three keys for each bullet paragraph, with the curser anywhere in that paragraph. Those who need an example of the macro and stylesheet text should send me EMail with a non-rubber address. Too many requests and I'll post the stuff instead. Almost forgot: I don't work for or with Microsoft, just use and like their products (on the second or subsequent release!).
pentch@milton.u.washington.edu (Dean Pentcheff) (07/12/90)
>>Does anyone know of an easy way to produce "bullet" or "dash" lists in >>MS Word 5.0? > >Word 5.0 doesn't have anything built in to do lists like TROFF. You >can create them manually by typing each item as a seperate paragraph >with 0 lines before and after. Then if you put the cursor on column 1 >of each list item, hold down the ALT key, type 249 or 250 (this >depends on the font you've chosen and the printer you use), and >release the ALT key, you'll have your bullet. Hit a tab and the text >indents. Note that you can ease this process by having a glossary entry named "bullet" (or some such) which consists of the bullet character. To create such an entry, do the following: 1) Generate a bullet character in the text by holding down the ALT key and typing 249 or 250 on the keypad (while holding down ALT!). 2) Put the cursor on top of the bullet. 3) Press: ESC Copy 4) Fill in the glossary name for your bullet (e.g. "bullet"), then press RETURN. 5) From then on, just type "bullet", then press F3 and you'll get a bullet in your text. -Dean -- Dean Pentcheff (pentch@u.washington.edu) Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720 Presently at: Friday Harbor Labs, 620 University Rd., Friday Harbor, WA 98250