Bullet Points and Other Haut Cuisine

[deird1]

The big problem with Microsoft Word is that it's always trying to be extra helpful.

My latest struggle has been bullet points.

You know the sort of thing:
1) assemble an army
2) train them for battle
     a) teach them about guns
     b) teach them about grenades
3) take over the world
     a) invade Poland
and so forth...

Unfortunately, my bullet-point-

Comments

[kirby1024]

A little trick - You can actually destroy all traces of Autocorrect if you like. It's under Tools -> Autocorrect Options. Just uncheck every damn check box, and Microsoft Cook will never try and turn your pasta into delicious marshmallows again.

It will, however, mope about how you never let it do anything anymore...

[carlos_v_b]

Most auto-corrections also include themselves in the undo/redo, so immediately hitting Ctrl-Z when Word does something you don't like should help you.

[_sabik_]

Because nothing says "concentration" like having to check after every word whether it went in OK or got auto-corrected to something totally other.

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[carlos_v_b]

Oh, you mean rereading and checking over what one has written? The thing one should be doing anyway to avoid spelling and grammatical errors? :-p

[_sabik_]

Well, I tend to do that after a sentence or two or even a whole paragraph. At that point, Ctrl-Z will be no longer applicable. One would have to go back, correct it, then press Ctrl-Z (assuming one notices it's changed again, as opposed to looking ahead to the next correction).

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