How do I turn off bullet list formatting all of the lines to bullet lists in Word 2013?

Question

I having the issue of bullet listing all of the lines when I just wanted to make 1 line be bullet listed.

Here is a GIF showing what happens when I want to make "3 units" bullet-listed.

How do I turn this off? I don't want press CTRL + Z every time I do a bullet list.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

See the article "Formatting applied to one paragraph affects the entire document” at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/WholeDocumentReformatted.htm

~ Doug Robbins

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Solution:

1. Press Alt+F11 to display the Visual Basic Editor. Press Ctrl+G to show the Immediate Window.

2. Type:

     ActiveDocument.Styles(wdStyleNormal).AutomaticallyUpdate = False
   

3. Press Enter, and save the document.

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Note:

Styles other than Normal will let you change the "Automatically update" setting in the user interface.

Instead of using the Visual Basic Editor, you can make use of the Apply Styles pane (Ctrl+Shift+S), type in the style name, and then click Modify; in the Modify Style dialog box, clear "Automatically update" and click OK.

~ Stefan Blom

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