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Microsoft Word 2000, 2002 (XP) and 2003
Include a Numbered List within a Paragraph

Description

In Microsoft Word

• Click in front of the first item in a paragraph that you want to number

• Click the Insert menu

• Select the Field command

Field Dialog Box

• Select the Numbering category

• Click on the ListNum field name

• Click the OK button

  • A number will be inserted in the paragraph

Field Dialog Box

Continue Numbering

• Click in front of the next item you want to number
• Depress the <Ctrl> and the <Y> keys
  • This will repeat the last action
  • HINT:  if you want to insert a space after the number, wait until you are finished numbering all of your items
• Continue these steps until finished numbering

Sample Paragraph

Change Numbering

• Select the first number

• To cycle through the numbering choices, on the Formatting toolbar click either

• Increase Indent or,

• Decrease Indent

• Numbering will either:

  • End with a right parenthesis, for example 1) or a) or i)

  • or, be enclosed with parenthesis, for example (1) or (a) or (i)

  • or, end with a period, for example 1. or a. or i.

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Last modified: December 03, 2008