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The Kat

2007-02-22, 6:16 pm

There have been so many updates and "improvements" to the Office programs
that I though I'd better check this before I do any MORE unnecessary typing.

Is is still necessary to place each line of bulleted text in a separate text
box and place a graphic bullet next to the text box? How do you keep them in
line?

And while we're on the subject, can blocks be locked together for the web or
does the web (1) ignore them, (2) spit them out and crash your site (3) keep
things together as formatted (4) any or all of the above, depending on the
day of the week.

DavidF

2007-02-22, 10:15 pm

Kat,

I am not totally sure what you are trying to do with your bulleted text, but
I too have found that this is yet one more thing that doesn't convert well
to HTML. I had problems with extra spacing between bulleted sentences and
lists, and either lived with them, or didn't use them until recently. I
usually would just insert a symbol in front of the text I wanted
bulleted...with mixed results.

What I discovered is that you can type your lists of text, select the text,
Format, bullets and numbering, and apply your bullets. Then, if you don't
have it turned on, go to View > Special Characters so you can see the
paragraph symbols at the end of each bulleted list item or bulleted
sentence. I insert the cursor right before the paragraph symbol and then
Shift key + Return, instead of a hard return...there is a proper word for
this, but it escapes me at the moment. Then delete the extra paragraph
symbol. By using the Shift + Enter, the spacing issues I had was fixed. Try
it with a web preview...before and after replacing the hard return with a
"new line return" or whatever it is called. I don't know if I explained this
well enough, and its hard to say if it will fix your problem or not....

Not sure what you are asking about blocks...sorry.

DavidF

"The Kat" <TheKat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A14D41C-7399-4E7F-A3D6-DC21BFA70BD9@microsoft.com...
> There have been so many updates and "improvements" to the Office programs
> that I though I'd better check this before I do any MORE unnecessary
> typing.
>
> Is is still necessary to place each line of bulleted text in a separate
> text
> box and place a graphic bullet next to the text box? How do you keep them
> in
> line?
>
> And while we're on the subject, can blocks be locked together for the web
> or
> does the web (1) ignore them, (2) spit them out and crash your site (3)
> keep
> things together as formatted (4) any or all of the above, depending on the
> day of the week.

Mike Koewler

2007-02-23, 6:16 pm

Kat,

You can put the following into an HTML fragment:

<MENU>
<LI> type="disc">List item 1
<LI> type="circle">List item 2
<LI> type="square">List item 3
</MENU>

The disc, circle or square tells what type of bullet point to use.

Mike

The Kat wrote:

> There have been so many updates and "improvements" to the Office programs
> that I though I'd better check this before I do any MORE unnecessary typing.
>
> Is is still necessary to place each line of bulleted text in a separate text
> box and place a graphic bullet next to the text box? How do you keep them in
> line?
>
> And while we're on the subject, can blocks be locked together for the web or
> does the web (1) ignore them, (2) spit them out and crash your site (3) keep
> things together as formatted (4) any or all of the above, depending on the
> day of the week.

The Kat

2007-02-23, 10:15 pm

Thanks. I'm developing a significant list of HTML code bits. At the rate I'm
going, my next page will be written for me - not very tidily, but it will
work. :)
(two photos, one caption, fix glitch for "mailto:" - my next query...)

"Mike Koewler" wrote:

> Kat,
>
> You can put the following into an HTML fragment:
>
> <MENU>
> <LI> type="disc">List item 1
> <LI> type="circle">List item 2
> <LI> type="square">List item 3
> </MENU>
>
> The disc, circle or square tells what type of bullet point to use.
>
> Mike
>
> The Kat wrote:
>
>