division: § Section. (a) subsection lower case letters – (1) subdivision Arabic numbers – (A) paragraph upper case letters – (i) subparagraph lower case Roman numerals – (ii) (I) clause case Roman numerals – (II) By default, Microsoft Word attempts to create an outline or numbered list if you begin a paragraph with a numeral or an enclosed letter. This can be very frustrating as it attempts to format the following paragraphs according to its default list format. When working with bills, it is recommended that you turn off the automated list function. The settings for this are in the Options under the File tab. Go to the File tab and select at the bottom of the list in the left margin. When ‘Options’ the Options dialog box appears, select You will then see a button for ‘Proofing.’ ‘AutoCorrect Options.’ Click on this button and then look for the tab for In the first section under ‘AutoFormat.’ this tab, un-check the boxes for bulleted lists’ and for styles.’ ‘Automated ‘List (And while you are at it, you should make sure that the box to replace quotes” “Straight with quotes” is checked.) “smart In addition, you will need to look at some settings under the As You Type” “AutoFormat tab in this same window.
division: § Section. (a) subsection – lower case letters (1) subdivision – Arabic numbers (A) paragraph – upper case letters (i) subparagraph – lower case Roman numerals (ii) (I) clause – case Roman numerals (II) By default, Microsoft Word attempts to create an outline or numbered list if you begin a paragraph with a numeral or an enclosed letter. This can be very frustrating as it attempts to format the following paragraphs according to its default list format. When working with bills, it is recommended that you turn off the automated list function. The settings for this are in the Options under the File tab. Go to the File tab and select ‘Options’ at the bottom of the list in the left margin. When the Options dialog box appears, select ‘Proofing.’ You will then see a button for ‘AutoCorrect Options.’ Click on this button and then look for the tab for ‘AutoFormat.’ In the first section under this tab, un-check the boxes for ‘Automated bulleted lists’ and for ‘List styles.’ (And while you are at it, you should make sure that the box to replace “Straight quotes” with “smart quotes” is checked.) In addition, you will need to look at some settings under the “AutoFormat As You Type” tab in this same window.
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