Re: Bullets and numbers living together?

Subject: Re: Bullets and numbers living together?
From: Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:25:34 -0500

I don't know if it can be done but I would urge your colleague not to do it. It's bone-ugly and the numbers aren't necessary. The checkboxes are sufficient. <facetious>The only thing that might redeem it would be to make the checkboxes flash.</facetious>

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On 4/28/2010 11:10 AM, Julie Stickler wrote:
> I had a coworker stop by my office to ask me a Word question. While I
> know how to make FrameMaker do this trick, I'm not by any means a Word
> guru. I tried one or two things, but failed. Rather than fiddle
> with Word too long and lose track of time, I thought I'd ask the list
> brain trust if there is an easy way to do this? She wants to create a
> checklist style in Word (we're using 2003) where there is a square
> bullet for each numbered item in the list.
>
> Essentially she wants her list format to be able to do something like this.
>
> [_] 1. First item in checklist.
> [_] 2. Second item in checklist
> [_] 3. Third item in checklist.
>
> Anyone out there know a quick and easy way to make check boxes and
> numbers appear together in a style?
>
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