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Q164011: WD97: Default Bullet Format Lost After Reopening HTML File

Article: Q164011
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbwdinternet
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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If you use the Web Page Wizard to generate an HTML document that contains
bullets, clicking the Bullet button on the Standard toolbar may not give you a
bullet of the same style if you have closed and reopened the HTML document.

CAUSE
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The bullets generated by the Web Page Wizard are .gif pictures. They are not
created with the standard internal bulleting mechanism that Word 97 uses in
non-HTML documents.

Closing and reopening the HTML document runs the HTML tags through the HTML
converter and the current status of the default bullet is lost.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1
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Re-insert the bullet you want by clicking the Format menu and clicking Bullets
and Numbering. You may need to click the More button to choose other .gif images
to be used as bullet images.

Method 2
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Click one of the bullets in your document and then use the Copy and Paste
commands to use the bullet with a new line of text.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.

This problem has been corrected in Word 2000.

REFERENCES
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For more information about using bullets and numbering with Web pages, click the
Office Assistant, type "HTML bullets" (without the quotation marks), click
Search, and then click to view "Learn about bullets and numbering on Web
pages."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar.

Additional query words: 97 picture dot

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Keywords          : kbwdinternet 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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