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Multilevel list is adding text indent after row 9 of level 2

I have tried this on Office 2010, 2013 and Office for Mac 2011 and all of them do this.

When I create a multilevel list, level 1 can have as many records as you need without adding any unwanted extra text indents.  Level 2 of the list will add an extra indent after the ninth record in the list.  This seems to only happen with the 1.1 style list.

To reproduce,

Open a new blank document.

Add a new multilevel list using the 1.1. style list.

Type anything in the first level and press enter.

Indent to level 2 and type anything.

Repeat adding lines to level 2 until you get to the 10th line.  There you will see the extra text indent.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
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When list numbers get "too wide" (many digits), they push the text to the next default tab stop (meaning that the text will misalign, as you have noticed). In the multilevel list dialog box, you will have to adjust the "Text indent at" and "Add tab stop at" settings to accommodate all numbers in the list.
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Last updated October 5, 2021 Views 874 Applies to: